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I've just made some progres with problem 1. It seems like my onboard VGA had something to do with it. In the bios the onboard VGA is primairy and on the VGA port is a VGAtoHDMI converter but without power. Because I don't use the onboard VGA much. Now I placed the converter on power and the problem is solved. The VM starts with the dedicated R9 280X Radeon like it should. Strange.... Thank you all for the inspiration.

Don't get me wrong. I apreciate your help but I've made many VM's but the problem is not with the creation of the VM's but it is something else.

lol that's a very very basic tutorial. But that doesn't work in my case. Problems are still there if I use this step by step tutorial. Plus there is another problem when I use exactly these settings. I can't install Windows with more than 1 core selected. That's another problem SQUID helped me on before. After the install I can select more core's but not with the install of windows itself. The install ISO boots and shows the windows logo but the loading dots won't come up. It just won't install with multiple cores selected. But that's another problem. ;P Ohh and my monitor comes up after about 35 seconds. That's exactly when Windows shows the user selection.

1812, Thanks for your response. I simply use the unRaid Windows 10 template. Change the amount of Memory, select the Logical CPU, select keyboard and mouse, select the Windows 10 ISO and the GPU I want to use and that's about it. It used to work for a couple of weeks but now it doesn't anymore.

Does anyone know if it is possible to reinstall the VM software but to keep all the dockers, shares, Array etc?

Anyone?? For problem 2 I found a diffrence in the XML code. Working version: Made by Virtual Machine Manager (Fedora) <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> NOT working version from unRaid GUI: <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> Could this be the problem why the monitor never gets any signal and the CPU sticks with 100% in use??

Hi guys, I have 2 problems with VM. Hope someone can help me with this. Problem 1: When I start a Windows or Mac OS X VM with dedicated videocard I would normally see the bios comming up and after that the Windows or Mac loading signs before Windows or mac is eventually loaded. But now the monitor stays without signal untill Windows or Mac is fully loaded and waiting for user selection is prompted. Now every VM I create has this problem. There has been no changes in hardware before this problem occured. Problem 2: When I create a new VM with a dedicated Graphicscard the monitor stays without signal and uses about 100% of the CPU. The unRaid GUI does not respond anymore and the only thing left to do is pushing the power button for a few seconds untill the computer beeps and unRaid shuts the array and the computer down. If I create a VM without a dedicated GPU everything works fine. When I change the VNC for a dedicated GPU the whole thing crashes again. But when I use Virtual Machine Manager thru Fedora and add the Dedicated GPU everything works well. Except for Problem 1. I recently upgraded to unRaid 6.3.3 and don't know if this has anything to do with these problems. And today I changed the CPU to a E5-2680 where it used to be a E5-2670. Don't know if problem 2 started with the CPU upgrade but Problem 1 was there before I changed the CPU and still is. Does anyone know what I can do to fix these problems? Help is very much apreciated. Please excuse my bad english.

Ah I thought about it but I was affraid it would not come online again. thanks for your help.

Hi there anyone, It must be something simple but I can't find it. My trial period expired and I wan't more time to experiment on it. But where can I find the option to expand the trial? If I look at the registration page it does not give me the option as described by Lime-tech. Only purchase license and install key. (See screenshot) The Array is still running and I am afraid to turn it off before I extended the trial. Does anyone know how I can do this?

That must be it.

Hi Squid, Thanks for your quick reply. The one core did the trick. Installing at the moment. Do you know why this is? Did not have to do this previously.

Hello everyone, I have a problem with my unRaid setup. Hope anyone can help me out. Since I installed a SSD for cache and for my VM Domains it won't install Windows 10 on a OVMF setup anymore. It shows me the Windows install logo but after that the VM doesn't do anything else. The little round dots that make the loading circle won't come up either. But the VM still stays active and you can disconnect and connect to it again by VNC remote. There is no extra hardware passed thru and no settings changed thru the unRaid GUI. Except the amount of cpu cores, the amount of Memory and the os install iso. Everything works when I choose SeaBios instead. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks in advance.

Unfortunally it seems like it does boot after a few minutes. But the machine hangs sometimes for half a minute before it responds again. Don't know how but I don't have this error when I just pass through the harddisks on their own. Strange??? Or just Marvell??

Hi there, I was wondering if it was possible to delay the SMB Share from the "Unassigned Devices" Plugin? Situation: When in a powerfailure and the UPS is also empty everything goes down. But when the power comes back 2 machines are set to start automatic. Machine 1(Unraid) boots in about 70 seconds. Machine 2(Synology) boots in about 4 minutes or so. Machine 1 auto-mounts a smb share from Synology on Unraid startup. But when it tries to connect the smb share the Synology is not ready to accept connections yet. So does anyone know how to delay the smb auto-mount? thanks in advance.

Thanks for this. I have the ASROCK EP2C602 so this must be related. I'll try to update the Marvell software. If that does not work I will folow your lead and pass through a different controller. Tnx! I'll let you know what happens.

I was wrong. It still boots the VM but it takes about 20 minutes to do so. Plus it is verrrrrry slow.... anyone knows why this is?

Hi there, Hope anyone can help me with my problem. I'm trying to Pass Through a onboard SATA Controller to a VM. I'm using the latest Stable Unraid version and a VM with SeaBios. The adres of my Marvell controller is: [RESET] 08:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9230 PCIe SATA 6Gb/s Controller [1b4b:9230] (rev 11) So I added the folowing to my VM xml file: <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x08' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> </hostdev> But when I boot the VM it only gives me the following 2 lines for about 10 seconds: See picture. After that the screen goes black… Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? A Intel Sata controller is being used for the Unraid harddisks.

Did you had succes with the method Darianf gave you? Just wondering.

That's a shame... Would a Intel 2500K work?

thanks for your quick reply. this old computer is my unraid test machine. To see how it all works before I reinstall my XPenology nas into an unraid version. but here is a screenshot of my bios. Vanderpool Technology should be the same as vt-d.

Hello everyone, I've got a problem with my Unraid system. It says that IOMMU is disabled but the CPU supports VT-D and it is enabled in the bios. Does anyone know why this is?