Hi everyone,
I recently built myself a new PC to both use it as a main rig and as a NAS. To do so, I am running UNRAID and I’m new to that stuff. Here are the specs:
- AMD Ryzen 3950x, 16 cores 32 threads
- Gigabyte AORUS Master 570x with F11 BIOS
- 64GB of RAM
- Radeon RX580 GPU
- 2TB m.2 NVMe SSD
- 500GB m.2 NVMe SSD (used as cache)
I’ve been able to setup everything fine and to run my windows 10 VM. I was also able to passthrough my 2TB SSD and transfer my windows partition directly on it. However, I had some problem with the GPU passthrough and couldn’t get it to run. I fixed it by configuring the VM as Q35-4.1 machine instead of i440fx. I also passthrough a PCIe USB and wifi/bluetooth controller. Here is my VM xml config
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<domain type='kvm' id='2'>
<name>02 Windows 10</name>
<uuid>3dc56d36-dddd-0fef-94d7-ababdb7ad96b</uuid>
<metadata>
<vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/>
</metadata>
<memory unit='KiB'>33554432</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>33554432</currentMemory>
<memoryBacking>
<nosharepages/>
</memoryBacking>
<vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
<cputune>
<vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='16'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='18'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='20'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='6'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='22'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='8'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='24'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='10'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='26'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='12'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='28'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='14'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='30'/>
</cputune>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.1'>hvm</type>
<loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
<nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/3dc56d36-dddd-0fef-94d7-ababdb7ad96b_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hyperv>
<relaxed state='on'/>
<vapic state='on'/>
<spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
<vendor_id state='on' value='none'/>
</hyperv>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>
<topology sockets='1' cores='16' threads='1'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'>
<timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
<source file='/mnt/cache/domains/Windows 10/spaces_win_clover.img'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='sata'/>
<boot order='1'/>
<alias name='sata0-0-2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
<alias name='usb'/>
<master startport='4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='sata' index='0'>
<alias name='ide'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
<alias name='pcie.0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
<alias name='pci.1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
<alias name='pci.2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='3' port='0xa'/>
<alias name='pci.3'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='4' port='0xb'/>
<alias name='pci.4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='5' port='0xc'/>
<alias name='pci.5'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='6' port='0xd'/>
<alias name='pci.6'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
</controller>
<controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
<alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-root-port'>
<model name='pcie-root-port'/>
<target chassis='7' port='0xe'/>
<alias name='pci.7'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x6'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:c2:84:4d'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<target dev='vnet0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<alias name='net0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
<model name='isa-serial'/>
</target>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
<source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
<alias name='serial0'/>
</console>
<channel type='unix'>
<source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-2-02 Windows 10/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
<target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='connected'/>
<alias name='channel0'/>
<address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
</channel>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input0'/>
</input>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
<alias name='input1'/>
</input>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0c' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0c' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x048d'/>
<product id='0x8297'/>
<address bus='3' device='2'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev3'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x1b1c'/>
<product id='0x0c0b'/>
<address bus='3' device='5'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev4'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x1b1c'/>
<product id='0x0c17'/>
<address bus='3' device='6'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev5'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='3'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='no'>
<source>
<vendor id='0x8087'/>
<product id='0x0029'/>
<address bus='5' device='2'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev6'/>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='4'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev7'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
<driver name='vfio'/>
<source>
<address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</source>
<alias name='hostdev8'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</hostdev>
<memballoon model='none'/>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
<label>+0:+100</label>
<imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel>
</seclabel>
</domain>
I recently installed Star Wars - Jedi: Fallen Order and could run it without any problem, playing from my living room with parsec. However, when I tried to run it three days ago, it crashed at launch without any pop-up error. I couldn’t get it to run. I tried some things, uninstalling and re-installing the game without success, still crashing. So, I tried to run Windows bare metal from my SSD to find out that the game was running fine that way. I tried to find out what changed on the virtualization side that could have caused this issue, to make my game stop working. The two changes I’ve made since the last time the game worked were:
- adding 2 sticks of RAM and went from 32GB to 64, so upgraded the VM memory from 16GB to 32GB.
- Adding 4 more threads to the VM, so it went from 16 to 30 threads.
I configured the VM all back to how it was before (memory and threads) but it didn’t fix the issue. I also recently updated my BIOS from F10 to F11, but I’m 85% sure I played SW JFO game since I did the update.
Windows events and logs don’t offer any helpful information concerning the crash, and I cannot seem to find where the game logs are.
I would really appreciate some help with that,
Thank you 
Edit: I’ve restored the BIOS to F10 and that didn’t solve the issue