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Ok, more work has been done. Following what you mentioned above: I am using Unraid 6.8.3, VM setup is OVMF, Q35-4.2, using virtio-win-0.1.173-2.iso, and all vdisks are mounted using VirtIO. I do not have any docker containers running, the only thing that "should" be processing is the single VM that I am attempting to start. I am able to install Windows without any problem using a single thread. I then shut it down, add the GPU, Sound Card(s), and pin 4 threads from my CPU and start it again and it hangs every time. The system is clearly working hard, but my ssh and local headless connection respond to input every couple of minutes. Using htop, I was able to see some of the updates (when it would update) and at multiple points, it was sending ALL CPU cores to 100%, not just the ones that had been pinned. I think it's necessary to add that I just tried to do the same thing on a Manjaro install and VNC worked fine for the installation, but the same thing happened when I switched the GPU in and it hung.

I had actually pinned your most recent topic about your 1080TI experience because most of what you were saying sounded very similar to what I am experiencing. The way you diagnosed and solved your issue was inspiring! I'll be working on it all day tomorrow and will definitely try some of the things that you mentioned that i might have missed along with following up with your 1080TI post. I'll be following up with this post first thing in the morning with more information about the system along with how my efforts with some of your ideas above work. Just to make sure, you never had any issues with the 4.19.x kernel that is being supported in the latest releases?

I haven't unfortunately. I have a feeling that it relates to the kernel as any variation of configurations that I've tried always end up with the same result of server crash almost immediately after adding the GPU and starting the VM.

Hey Guys, I apologize if this question has been asked before... I have gone through many different forum posts on here and other places and I haven't found a solution that works. I am trying to create a Windows 10 VM to use as my gaming VM. I have followed SpaceInvaderOne's videos and am able to create the VM and run it through VNC without any problems. On shutdown, addition of either of my GPUs (Sapphire R9 270X 4GB or GeForce GTX 750 TI), and attempt to boot the VM, it tries to run for a couple of minutes and then the server becomes unresponsive. I have to force shut down the server to be able to boot again. I have been trying off and on for 3 months and am at a loss as to what my next steps may be. I have included more information below. Of the things I have tried, each of these have been combined with each other at least once: SeaBIOS or OVMF Sapphire R9 270X 4GB or GeForce GTX 750 TI Latest i440fx or Q35 variant Multiple variants of Unraid releases UEFI or Legacy boot C-state on/off I have a feeling that my next step will be compiling the 5.X Kernel, but that would be a first for me and it concerns me to do that if it is not needed. My system is as follows: Model: Custom M/B: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) Version 3.0 BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. Version H.70. Dated: 01/09/2020 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core @ 3800 MHz HVM: Enabled IOMMU: Enabled Cache: 384 KiB, 3072 KiB, 32768 KiB Memory: 16 GiB DDR4 (max. installable capacity 128 GiB) Network: bond0: fault-tolerance (active-backup), mtu 1500 eth0: 1000 Mbps, full duplex, mtu 1500 Kernel: Linux 4.19.107-Unraid x86_64 OpenSSL: 1.1.1d Uptime: 0 days, 00:19:08 tower-diagnostics-20200320-1325.zip