I have been running Workstation 9.0.1 for a couple of months with no issues on a Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit system. VM operating systems of Vista, and XP. Host system is Dell XPS835T, core i7 920@2.67GHz with 12gig memory, and ATI Radeon 4850 Graphics card. With Workstation opened on host (but all VMs in suspended state) there was a power failure. After rebooting, starting Workstation caused the host (Vista) machine to immediately reset and reboot. No BSOD, just a straight corruption of the display and start rebooting. I then tried to uninstall workstation but the uninstall would fail after the display of the splash screen with same symptoms (no BSOD). After searching I went through the manual uninstall procedures found in the vmware forums and was able to perform a reinstall of 9.0. Starting Workstation and letting sit at the main home screen with no VMs running, causes the screen to corrupt and reset the host. I have read that 9.0.1 corrects some issues with Ivy Bridge but I can't get that point to update since starting 9.0 resets the host computer. The Windows Event logs show no errors.
Can someone give me some more debugging suggestions (logs I can post, etc) that might point me to a solution?
I have updated the drivers for the ATI card from their website after the initial failure with no difference in symptoms. Here's my system specs:
Dell XPS 835 T info (from Dell system detect application)
General Information
Computer Model
Studio XPS 435T
BIOS Vendor
DELL Inc.
BIOS Version
DELL - 20100512
BIOS Date
02-06-09
Window Version
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Processor
Manufacture
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Clock Speed
2.7GHz
L2 Cahce Size
1024
Memory
Available Memory
62.73%
Page File Size
11351.0MB
Available Page File
100.42%
Virtual Memory
22605.0MB
Available Virtual Memory
81.86%
Memory Slot1 [DIMM_A]
Memory Slot2 [DIMM_B]
Disk Drives
ST31000340AS
ST31000340AS
WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B2
Generic-Compact Flash USB Device
Generic-SD/MMC USB Device
Maxtor OneTouch USB Device
Seagate FreeAgent USB Device
Seagate GoFlex Desk USB Device
Display Adapters
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 1024MB
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers
Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller
Keyboards
Microsoft eHome MCIR 109 Keyboard
Mice and Other Pointing Devices
USB Human Interface Device
HID-compliant mouse
Monitors
Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Devices
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Webcam Pro 9000
Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)
USB Controllers
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A37
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A38
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A39
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3C
Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A34
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A35
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3A36
Intel(R) ICH10 Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 3A3A
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video card infofrom catalyst control center
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Driver Packaging Version 8.97.100.7-121116a-151639C-ATI
Catalyst Version 13.1
Provider Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1248
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version 7.14.10.0911
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.11672
Catalyst Control Center Version 2012.1116.1515.27190