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I made a brand new VM doing exactly the same thing and it worked flawlessly 1st time..... I dont even know wtf is happening with this Unraid server..... That makes NO sense, but at least its working.

So previously, I hade a functional Win 10 VM, I did the whole Spaceinvader tutorial list and setup the VM through VMC, checked I could remote in, Added the graphics card and Graphics sound and hex edited bios, paired the graphics together and bound to VFIO, edited the boot flash: kernel /bzimage append video=efifb:off append initrd=/bzroot went into XML, edited the bus and function for GPU sound and did the multifunction='on" thing and I had a working server which then recognised I had a 3060ti, used that as a display driver, I could update it, I ran game benchmarks, it passed through to my desktop Samsung Neo G8 over displayport 1.4, everything was fine. THEN I shutdown from inside the VM, and checked the VM was shutdown in unraid, then closed the server. HAVING TOUCHED NOTHING, I booted the server again a few days later to use while my knee reconstruction is healing (PC is upstairs, so I can remote game from my laptop) and the VM is totally cooked.... I had both Parsec and Splashtop installed to remote into it just for backup (only splashtop managed to get in as seen below). It logged me in at this crazy fucked up resolution, Parsec as the display driver???? (seen below) and asking a family member to check the screen upstairs, no output to the desktop screen which should be outputting rn (and was before). Asking them to open the Installed and previously running NVIDIA Control Centre I find out that apparently There is no GPU AT ALL in the system??? So I removed the GPU, went back to VMC, booted in no issues. Went back to NVidia GPU, hex edited bios, Nvidia soundcard, updated and then edited the XML as per usual and left it in that form, and I go back to this fucked up no GPU display. How does the VM screw itself over from a perfectly working setup when nothing has been changed??? Anyway Im out of ideas, out of my patience (ghost82 has already helped alot in setting up this VM to begin with to get it functional) and hoping someone with more knowledge than I have actually knows wtf is going on here, because I sure dont. I dont have anything left that Ive read on the forums or seen that I might be able to think is the problem here. Pls send halp. akashic-records-diagnostics-20230214-1145 (latest).zip

Rodger Dodger, I'll pay it forward. Thanks again!

Ok so I even took the 1st image of my XML in anticipation for this essentially simple "Turn it off turn it back on" trick to not work cos its so simple. But by God it worked!!! It did say it was experiencing slow performance for some reason, and was chugging like ass.... Then I heard the windows usb insert noise and the display changed all by itself (Photo 2) So I went into device manager and THE GPU IS FINALLY THERE. Bruh give me your bitcoin address in a dm I'll buy you a pint. The biggest headache of my week has been solved! Updating my GPU drivers now and Ill mark this as solved. Even though the last post about going back and forth from VNC made it work, I dont think it would have worked without the syslinux part (and maybe your VBIOS) so I chose that to mark as the solution.

Im at step 4 and I thought you might want to know, THE SECOND I changed back to VNC ( and connected with No VNC no issues) Splashtop that is already installed instantly saw it as a connection thats live and connectable and I could remote into it. This is before windows even logged in past the user screen. I figure that might be a tidbit that might help you narrow down whats happening. Doing the rest now.

Ok so, having retried booting unraid normally I get the same "kernel panic" as the previous post. Having only happened after I edited that section, Im assuming it has something to do with it. Having luckily not sent this post before I double checked (in gui) I actually didnt type 'append' in front so no wonder it didnt give the right result..... (Im an idiot). I entered the CORRECT syslinux line and now it booted into unraid fine and now I know what you mean by "it looks like its frozen", yeah I see that now, it really does.... Anyway now we're in Unraid, I checked the GPU XML again just to be sure and it stayed the same, no issues, so we should be good. The only issue is again, the same I started with. Splashtop says this VM isnt up, its offline and theres nothing to connect to. The VM doesn't want to display. Its been like 10 minutes so if it were gonna take forever on 1st new boot up It would be up by now. Should I try make a fresh one? now that technically the groundwork has been done? I dunno the syslinux solution was the only other solution I had seen (that I didnt understand until now) for this issue. Is it a VBIOS issue? Im using the one you provided, the one I had hex edited was taken directly off techpowerup off the right page (doubt my box art is wrong ahaha) and hex edited (maybe thats why it said it was wrong? Im not sure im spitballing). I dont have a way to rip its own bios with GPU-Z unless I go to my uncles house and borrow his PC for a bit. Im open to anything cos I sure as heck have nothing. Included a fresh diagnostic copy of the system as it stands rn post edits. akashic-records-diagnostics-20230206-2048 (new 2).zip

Ah so thats where that syslinux solution was meant to go, I read that on the forum somewhere but I had absolutely ZERO clue where to include it before now without that image. So I modified the syslinux line exactly as shown, Im not sure how Im supposed to use gpu-z to pull the bios from the card itself (I dont have a working PC I can slot the GPU into to do so, the only working PC is the server the GPU is currently plugged into). SO I just went ahead and used your correct VBIOS you kindly provided instead. I used the Unraid GUI to link this, so ofc I went back to the XML and re-edited the file to exactly the same as the ^ Orange section above in the original post and left it in XML view. So now with the syslinux line and the GPU with the new bios I rebooted the server. On normal selection boot up I got a strange screen Ive never seen before which Ive included below. Re-tried and booted to GUI mode, which then did as you noted which is look like its frozen, but as Im always remoting in, my screen came up to login to as was mentioned it should on the laptop. On a side note, will this mean that I will have to boot to GUI mode and get the "frozen screen" everytime I want to use this WIn 10 VM with GPU passthrough? AAAAAAAAAAAAND the VM boots and says its started but STILL doesn't do anything. Splashtop Desktop to remote into the VM still acts like the VM isnt actually there/on, which is weird, because I dont have to login to windows for it to work, it works at the sign-in screen for windows. Ive included another diagnostic snapshot incase something else has happened that Im absolutely not qualified enough to tell... akashic-records-diagnostics-20230206-1756 (new).zip

Completely new here! Honestly wouldnt even even be close to where I am with this server without Spaceinvader Ones videos so, theres that... anyway... Im at a complete impasse with this GPU passthrough for the VM so Im finally making a forum post. To start off with here are my system specs and Ive included the anonymised diagnostics for the server (if that helps) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C/12T Unlocked 4.4GHz AM4 65W GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Dual Mini OC 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO V2 AM4 ATX Motherboard Ram: Samsung (4X 16GB) DDR4-2666 PC4-21300 1.2V DR X8 ECC 288-PIN EUDIMM RAM IVe done just about everything in all of Spaceinvader Ones videos as well as a few things Ive read on the forums when setting up the Windows including not using the vertio display driver update (apparently they hate each other? or so some forum post said), pairing the IOMMU group in Tools->Devices for the GPU, editing the XML file of the GPU (and leaving it in XML so it doesnt reset) in order to allow the GPU to passthrough and think its the same card by using multifunction='yes' and changing the bust/ports (at least I think Ive done it right...). Ive also gone and hex edited the VBIOS for my graphics card that I got off techpowerup (included below original and my version to check if I hex edited it right). I opened the VM with the normal VMC boot window thing, booted up fine, got into windows, updated all the drivers EXCEPT the display driver, installed the guest client etc. etc. if its in Spaceinvaders tutorial, Ive done it. Ill post my edited XML below so you guys can proof read it to see if I fucked it up or anything, and then Installed Splashtop Personal so I could use that to view the VM. I confirmed it worked (Ive been remoting through my laptop this whole time) before I changed the display to the Nvidia GPU with hex edited bios, and the Nvidia sound with mobo sound as a + addition underneath, and checked all the usb devices to passthrough for keyboard, mouse, and other usb devices that I didnt recognise but might be part of the GPU so I ticked it anyway. But no matter what I do, I cannot remote into the VM after Ive changed it to the NVIDIA GPU. I will post the XML below. My GPU reads I believe 6.00.0 and sound 6.00.1 (I dont really want to go back to the GUI and wipe my XML changes, it took me 2 hrs to find where I think Im supposed to be there in the XML) <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <domain type='kvm' id='1'> <name>Remote Gaming VM</name> <uuid>926f366a-eb38-787d-a18a-a01482a0a70e</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>33030144</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>33030144</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='2'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='8'/> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='3'/> <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='9'/> <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/> <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='10'/> <vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='5'/> <vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='11'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-7.1'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader> <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/926f366a-eb38-787d-a18a-a01482a0a70e_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hyperv mode='custom'> <relaxed state='on'/> <vapic state='on'/> <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/> <vendor_id state='on' value='none'/> </hyperv> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'> <topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='4' threads='2'/> <cache mode='passthrough'/> <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/user/domains/Remote Gaming VM/vdisk1.img' index='3'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/isos/Windows 10 ISO.iso' index='2'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <alias name='sata0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.229-1.iso' index='1'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdb' bus='sata'/> <readonly/> <alias name='sata0-0-1'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'> <alias name='pcie.0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> <alias name='pci.1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> <alias name='pci.2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='3' port='0x12'/> <alias name='pci.3'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='4' port='0x13'/> <alias name='pci.4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x3'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='5' port='0x14'/> <alias name='pci.5'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x4'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:5a:5d:0c'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio-net'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-1-Remote Gaming VM/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input1'/> </input> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input2'/> </input> <audio id='1' type='none'/> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <rom file='/mnt/user/isos/ASUS RTX 3060Ti Hex Edited VBIOS.rom'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x046d'/> <product id='0x085c'/> <address bus='1' device='5'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev2'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x048d'/> <product id='0x5702'/> <address bus='1' device='3'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev3'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='4'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x0d8c'/> <product id='0x0004'/> <address bus='3' device='2'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev4'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='5'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x1532'/> <product id='0x007e'/> <address bus='1' device='9'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev5'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='6'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x1532'/> <product id='0x0088'/> <address bus='1' device='10'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev6'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2.1'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'> <source> <vendor id='0x31e3'/> <product id='0x1220'/> <address bus='1' device='4'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev7'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2.2'/> </hostdev> <hub type='usb'> <alias name='hub0'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/> </hub> <memballoon model='none'/> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'> <label>+0:+100</label> <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain> I highlighted in orange the lines I "think" Im supposed to have changed and did what I think was right... but I could be wrong. Does anyone have any other input or things I can do to get this VM to post? Splashtop hasnt recognised anything it can connect to since the swap off VMC to NVIDIA, and I could remote in and login to windows beforehand. After 4 days of trying to figure it out myself and asking friends and watching tutorials and googling the issue, Im at my total wits end... Here I was thinking I was good with computers... smh. I do have IOMMU and SVM modes enabled in bios btw so it is capable of doing it. Thankyou! akashic-records-diagnostics-20230205-0718.zip Asus.RTX3060Ti.8192.210524_1.rom ASUS RTX 3060Ti Hex Edited VBIOS.rom