VMWare Fusion 8.0.1 not working anymore, because of weird Memory used 16TB Error

[fearandleb]

Can not start any VM with any Memory settings with error: "Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings."

 

I guess it has to do with this weird error that El Capitan detects Used Memory of (static) 1844674403 and Wired Memory of 15,96TB which is the theoretical maximum of a 64Bit machine, I guess.

 

I use Clover as Bootloader, and as coincidence though, clover does not detect the whole amount of Ram but only half of it as real memory (only 8 Slots instead of 16) and only 48GB of Ram instead of 96G.

 

Attached there is a Screenshot, and a complete Darwindump of the Machine.

If anybody has a clue, I´d be grateful!

 

Thanks,

 

 

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[Majonéz]

Can not start any VM with any Memory settings with error: "Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings."

 

I guess it has to do with this weird error that El Capitan detects Used Memory of (static) 1844674403 and Wired Memory of 15,96TB which is the theoretical maximum of a 64Bit machine, I guess.

 

I use Clover as Bootloader, and as coincidence though, clover does not detect the whole amount of Ram but only half of it as real memory (only 8 Slots instead of 16) and only 48GB of Ram instead of 96G.

 

Attached there is a Screenshot, and a complete Darwindump of the Machine.

If anybody has a clue, I´d be grateful!

 

Thanks,

 

Hi,

 

The Clover bootloader does not have full support for DDR4 memories, and reports incorrect values to the system. You must declare the values in the config.plist file.

[bu11etpr00f]

@Majonéz Thanks!  Your fix worked perfectly!!!

 

I too was receiving the error "Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings." with VMware Fusion 8.1.0 after upgrading to El Capitan 10.11.4 even though I have 48GB of RAM installed.

 

My Activity Monitor also showed the exact same "Memory Pressure" @fearandleb was seeing as well.

 

After changing the Memory settings in my config.plist for Clover; everything started showing up as it should in the Activity Monitor, in "About This Mac" and in System Information (System Report...).

 

I am attaching my Clover config.plist config-NO.SN.plist.txt for anyone who would like to use it; I am using a Gigabyte X79-UD5 (You will need to change your Generate CStates and PStates settings if you aren't already using a patched ssdt.aml. I used ssdtPRGen to generate mine.  ).

 

NOTE: You MUST BOOT 'WITHOUT CACHES' AFTER MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR config.plist file or the settings won't take effect. It'll save you a lot of headache.  

 

Here is the raw code that I used (I am using 6 x 8GB Sticks of Corsair Vengeance XMP PC3 1600 DDR3 Memory. You will need to adjust your "Channels", "SlotCount", and other Values accordingly):

		<key>Memory</key>
		<dict>
			<key>Channels</key>
			<integer>4</integer>
			<key>Modules</key>
			<array>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ32GX3M4X16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>0</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ32GX3M4X16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>1</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ32GX3M4X16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>2</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ32GX3M4X16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>3</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ16GX3M2A16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>4</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
				<dict>
					<key>Frequency</key>
					<string>1600</string>
					<key>Part</key>
					<string>CMZ16GX3M2A16</string>
					<key>Size</key>
					<string>8192</string>
					<key>Slot</key>
					<string>5</string>
					<key>Type</key>
					<string>DDR3</string>
					<key>Vendor</key>
					<string>Corsair</string>
				</dict>
			</array>
			<key>SlotCount</key>
			<integer>8</integer>
		</dict>