VM3DMP.sys BSOD in Fusion 3.0 with Windows 7 Bootcamp

[garpenrud]

Hello,

Installed Fusion 3.0 on my SL 10.6.1, yesterday i upgraded to SL 10.6.2 (no difference in this issue)

Configured Bootcamp Partition to run my Windows 7 x86 bootcamp installation

Booted up fine

Installed VMware Tools

Rebooted

Bluescreen with the message page_fault_in_nonpaged_area for VM3DMP.sys

Booted up in safe mode, uninstalled the driver

Installed the SVGA driver instead, worked fine.

Problem is, i really want the new WDDM 3D driver with Aero support but i can't get it to work. And if i google VM3DMP.SYS the result is 0, zero, zip, nada

Anyone experienced this?

I tried to recreate the bootcamp VM etc, tried pretty much everything...

Many thanks in advance

[mreckhof]

Yup - just did.

Your bootcamp Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit?

Are you on iMac or MacBook?

What video do you have?

For me:

64-bit Windows 7

MacBook (Blackbook)

Intel GMA X3100

I didn't do anything unusual (Exact same process you followed), so not sure why there aren't a million threads on this.

[garpenrud]

Okey, sorry but nice to hear that someone else also have the problem

I have a macbook (unibody)

WIndows 7 32bit

Nvidia Gforce 9400M

So completly different hardware...

BR Henrik

[mreckhof]

Makes it even more strange that there aren't more posts on this.

On your work around, how did you get the non-3D SVGA driver installed? I went into safe mode and took out the VMWare SVGA 3D driver, which gets me up and running as you mentioned, but have not figured out how to install the SVGA only drive for vmware (to at least get screen resizing, etc. back).

Michael

[garpenrud]

Yes indeed, very strange..

Actually i didnt accept using the SVGA driver so i don't know about the questions you ask. I reboot every time i need Windows access now instead... but its a shame.

Let's hope someone picks up this thread and solve or problems, at least there is one hit on google now

[dawho9]

Problem still exists in 3.0.1. At least the thin-print issue has been fixed!

Richard

[mreckhof]

.print ThinPrint?

[WADaniels]

I am having this problem too.

Using MacBook Pro 17", Vista in Bootcamp 32-bit.

Installed Fusion 3.0.1, and set up a Bootcamp partition.

Virtual machine installed fine, VMWare Tools installed okay.

When I tried to install the VMWare Tools update, get the vm3dmp.sys error.

I went back to c:/.../windows/system32/drivers/ and changed name of file to "vm3dmp.sys.OLD." Tried rebooting the partition, it installed fine.

Something in this driver the MacBooks don't like, I suppose.

[Alex805]

I am also having this problem..Discovered it back in Nov, but couldn't find a single post on vm3dmp.sys till now

Garpenrud, could you please tell me how you solved this?(if you did)

Having to reboot to switch to windows can hardly be considered a solution

I have same hardware as you

Vmware tools install is what causes the prob..

Not sure if that could be a problem, but i am using the external DVI outlet and also have a usb video adapter to run 3rd monitor...and I recall getting an error regarding the driver for this usb device during the vmware tools instal

[zkosn1]

I've discovered Displaylink drivers will cause this BSOD in Windows 7 32-bit (USB Video) Uninstalling these will let you boot using Fusion. Of course you can't use your USB video in boot camp.

[DamienB]

It was the DisplayLink drivers (USB Video Device) that did it for me as well. Thanks!

(Windows 7 64bit MBP Unibody 2009)