Question Oracle VM VirtualBox is crashing my PC ?

[Minutoh]

For some reason, Oracle VM VirtualBox is crashing my PC about two or three times a week. It seems very inconsistent, so I'm not sure what's causing it. It usually works just fine for hours on end, and then it randomly crashes. In the most recent crash, my PC crashed as soon as I opened VirtualBox. I am using the Debian 12 Bookworm OS on my VM for class although I'm using Windows 10 Education as my actual OS. I tried to reduce my number of processors to 5 and then 4 instead of 6, but that did not help. I tried to adjust my base memory as well, but that also didn't work. I'm not sure what else I can do to fix this.

PC Specifications:
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A chromax.black 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler
GPU: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4070Ti Gaming X Trio (12GB VRAM)
SSD 1: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
SSD 2: Crucial P3 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
RAM: (4x16) TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex III Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Windows: Windows 10 Education
AMD Driver Version: 24.7.1

 

[lantis3]

1. Check Event Viewer

2. If bluescreen. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

3. Alternative: VMware Workstation 17.x Pro is now free.

https://blogs.vmware.com/workstatio...-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html​

 

[ubuysa]

Can you please download the SysnativeBSODCollectionApp and save it to the Desktop. Then run it and upload the resulting zip file to a cloud service with a link to it here. The SysnativeBSODCollectionApp collects all the troubleshooting data we're likely to need. It DOES NOT collect any personally identifying data. It's used by several highly respected Windows help forums (including this one). I'm a senior BSOD analyst on the Sysnative forum where this tool came from, so I know it to be safe.

You can of course look at what's in the zip file before you upload it, most of the files are txt files. Please don't change or delete anything though. If you want a description of what each file contains you'll find that here.

 

[Minutoh]

1. Check Event Viewer

2. If bluescreen. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

3. Alternative: VMware Workstation 17.x Pro is now free.

https://blogs.vmware.com/workstatio...-pro-now-available-free-for-personal-use.html​

thank you for the suggestions! What should I be looking for in Event Viewer? Additionally, I did not get a blue screen; my screen just went completely black and then my PC restarted. Will the Blue Screen viewer still work then? If those don’t work, I’ll definitely go with Workstation then. Thank you again!

Can you please download the SysnativeBSODCollectionApp and save it to the Desktop. Then run it and upload the resulting zip file to a cloud service with a link to it here. The SysnativeBSODCollectionApp collects all the troubleshooting data we're likely to need. It DOES NOT collect any personally identifying data. It's used by several highly respected Windows help forums (including this one). I'm a senior BSOD analyst on the Sysnative forum where this tool came from, so I know it to be safe.

You can of course look at what's in the zip file before you upload it, most of the files are txt files. Please don't change or delete anything though. If you want a description of what each file contains you'll find that here.

Thank you for the suggestion! I unfortunately did not get a BSOD. My screen just randomly went black, and then my PC restarted. Will the collection app still work then? I will definitely still use it and upload it though. Thank you!

 

[lantis3]

lf there is no bluescreen, then no BSOD file that Bluescreen Viewer can analyze. Even if there is one, you still have view it and guess.

Black screen most likely caused by video driver.

Either one you probably have to go through try and error.

Go with VMware probably will be easier.