Repeated BSODs with vBox 1.6.4, XP SP3, SATA => Fixed in 1.6.6

[Alois Hammer]

I've tried several methods to get SATA support working under vBox with Linux (2.6.26.2) as host and Windows XP SP3 as guest. I've slipstreamed SP3 and the latest Intel ahci driver (8.5), and merely having the virtal SATA controller enabled causes a BSOD during installation, or after installation (using IDE to perform the installation instead). After installation, having the virtual controller enabled causes a BSOD immediately after the GUI starts.

[Frank Mehnert]

Known issue, fixed in 1.6.6.

[Alois Hammer]

Replying to frank:

Known issue, fixed in 1.6.6.

You probably get this too often, but-- ETA?

[Frank Mehnert]

hopefully this week.

[chookieeee]

still crashes on my pc. im running kubuntu 8.04, windows guest, slipstreamed XP sp3 w/ Intel Sata driver. first part of install works, then reboot to the gui install bombs after approx 30 secs. ACPI, VT-x, and PAE/NX enabled.

[chookieeee]

btw - im running 1.6.6

[Frank Mehnert]

chookieeee, please could you attach a VBox.log file from such a VM session?

[chookieeee]

workaround ​here:

basically, dont slipstream the windows install with the intel sata 8.5.. check the box to use sata, but have the harddisk on IDE primary. after xp install on IDE, then download the intel sata 8.2 drivers, install it, then switch the VM off, and change HD to SATA.

frankie ill replicate the problem and send u the .log file tonight.

[Dave]

I used exactly same method to have the harddisk attached to SATA, i.e. install WinXP using IDE primary, install Intel drivers (8.2 or 8.5, no difference). Shutdown and re-attach the disk to SATA-0 controller. That works just fine.

However, a very reproducible way to get a BSOD (Stop machine F4) in SATA config, is simply running the add-hardware-wizard or right-click in device-manager and 'scan for hardware changes'.

This BSOD happens on 1.6.4 / 1.6.6 / 2.0.0 ,linux 2.6.26 host, winXP-SP3 as guest. Switching back the disk to IDE primary, error is no longer there and add-hardware just works (eg. adding serial port).

[ddn]

Confirmed in VirtualBox last version 2.0.4 too.

Windows XP SP2 with slipstreamed 8.2 or 8.5 version intel SATA AHCI result in a STOP 0x000000F4 error on "installing devices" setup phase...

[Frank Mehnert]

Sounds like a duplicate of #2024.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please check 2.0.6. Reopen if necessary.

[Michael]

This bug is not fixed. I'm running 2.0.6 on 32-bit Linux host. 32-bit XP Pro SP3 install with SATA driver and SATA controller enabled results in BSOD.

[Alois Hammer]

Guys, this has never been fixed or even made less painful. I've tested XPSP2, XPSP3 with Intel AHCI drivers from 8.0 to 8.6 (latest). Hosts from XPSP2, XPSP3 to Vista (SP1 and no) and both CentOS 5 and FC9 x86 and x86-64 each: BSOD, always, no exceptions. You've got some kind of core bug going here.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Let's continue the discussing in @2282 then. There's more info there.