Hi Community,

I hope I have placed this request for help in the correct location. I did not see another that was obvious.

I have been trying to install ESXi 8.x on 2 separate Dell Precision T7910 servers without success. They are similarly configured with 128GB Ram and Dual Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 CPU's.

There is a problem with the ESXi installation in that on both servers I receive a similar error message "TSCs are out of sync: cpu1 > cpu27".

I've spent some time checking the server configurations and moving things around. The only thing I have noticed is when I manipulate the RAM configuration the cpu numbers in the error message change.

The CPU's are identical in both servers. One server has a pair of Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 CPU's. The other server has a pair of Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 CPU's.

Is there a workaround for this error or can the installer be customised to bypass this issue.

Please see the attached screenshots showing error message and CPU configuration.

Many thanks in advance.

Michael J