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SQL Server 2005 CPU Timing issues - VMware related?

We are getting this on a few of our 64 bit 2 vCPU SQL 2005 servers. The article states that if there is a significant change in clock speed, this error can pop up. Would anything ESX does with clock cycles create this error - I assume it could.

The time stamp counter of CPU on scheduler id 2 is not synchronized with other CPUs

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mattssi
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A little more info...

Our boxes have AMD Opteron 2220 dual core processors. I can't find anything definitive yet, but I believe they have CPU Stepping / Power Now! features, which according to the article, can cause this error.

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