I'm still getting this error 5 months later. Here's the latest one from today. VMWare Workstation latest. Windows 10 host (i7-8700k), Linux guest. All Windows updates are installed, and using all the latest drivers. Happened while playing Rust. I've definitely had crashes while not gaming, but it's less common.
On Sun 8/22/2021 3:38:05 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP
This was probably caused by the following module: vmx86.sys (vmx86+0x200A)
Bugcheck code: 0x80 (0x4F4454, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
Error: NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vmx86.sys
product: VMware kernel driver
company: VMware, Inc.
description: VMware kernel driver
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a hardware malfunction has occurred.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: vmx86.sys (VMware kernel driver, VMware, Inc.).
Google query: vmx86.sys VMware, Inc. NMI_HARDWARE_FAILURE
Obviously VMWare is the culprit, as I don't get blue screens at all unless I'm running a VM. I can stress test for hours, game, etc. with no issues.
Other than switching to a Linux host, what can we do? I use too many Windows-only applications for this to be a viable solution.
Has anyone reported this to VMWare? Do they even know about it? I can't even find a way to do that. Seems like it's not even on their radar, and if that's the case it's probably not going to get fixed.
