Fri, 21 Apr 2023

9:45 PM - VMWare esxi 8 and Intel 11th gen CPUs

I had an issue where VMWare esxi wouldn't boot on my new motherboard + cpu.? Come to find out, it's incompatible with two BIOS settings.? Disable Turbo Boost 3.0 tech and Intel Speed Shift Technology.

VMWare incorrectly checks a register and assumes it will always have the same value.? This causes a crash.? It appears they added this check in 7.0U3.? Any version after that including 8.0 esxi will fail to boot.

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