serpo Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Hey all im getting this error while trying to install with VMware "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point." what shall I do, Iv searched everywhere Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_the_killer Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 please post ur processor.., ur motherboard, the instructions supported by ur processor.. and the version of Mac OS X ur using.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-244959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
semthex Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 This error occures usealy if you forgot to enable PAE in vmware config file. It just tells you the code caused a malfunction in vcpu and halted it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-244995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpo Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 How do I enable PAE, sorry im so n00b Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-245372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalgam Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 How do I enable PAE, sorry im so n00b (sigh) Google is your friend - even to "noobs". At Google, type -----> vmware enable pae and the world is your virtual machine.java script:emoticon('', 'smid_14') Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-245498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpo Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well I used google and it took me to this forum. waht should I do now? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-245654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeronick Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Well I used google and it took me to this forum. waht should I do now? I typed "vmware enable pae" in google, and the second link found this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/i...php/t20039.html " I have enabled PAE in my config file, though. Here are the first four lines of my config file for this virtual machine: QUOTE paevm = "TRUE" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "4" scsi0.present = "TRUE" " So, maybe paevm = "TRUE" is your ticket. Hope that helps a bit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-246290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpo Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 tried that ages ago didnt end up working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-246464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
--RS-- Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 HI, I've just installed mac osx 10.4.6 on vmware and i keep getting the same error as described in this post. I have my vmx file with paevm="TRUE" in the first line. My cpu is a core duo T2300. I've read somewhere that it could be due to non support of SSE3 instructions but this cpu supports it. Can someone help me? Thnx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-247018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2kbadbug Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Yup i got the same error running the 10.4.7 repack by Jas...It installed and when booting OS X I get that error. I have a Pentium M 1.7ghz, it has sse2 only though... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-250394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspi Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 i had exactly the same trouble. but in my case it was only due to my mistake - i forgot to install the processor patches (they're to be chosen in the last but one step of instalation (before copying files)). installing them solved this problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-271063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
comune Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 IN MY CASE THIS ERROR OCCURRED BECAUSE I INSTALLED BOTH AMD AND INTEL PATCHES, AND BOTH SSE2 AND SSE3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-278073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loplo Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hi I have the same problem. I think, the only thing that I'm missing is that patch. Where can I cat it from? thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-422435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I still can't get this thing to install. There's a picture attached at where my "...CPU has been disabled..." Specs: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.17GHz 1GB Ram ATi Raedon X1300 256MB (PCI) 760GB HD Space (Total) (The motherboard is Socket A, which only has SSE, but I'm using CBI to enable SSE2) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-425472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalex Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 Go into your bios, on physical computer and disable VT technology Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-430025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saivert Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Disabling VT is what I would call a non-solution. BOGUS! If it can't work with VT enabled, then why bother in the first place. VT is good for you. VT is also only enabled in VMWare when running 64-bit operating systems as guest. Last time I checked Mac OS X isn't 64-bit. Only Leopard is 64-bit which also last time I checked isn't the same as 10.4.9. Leopard = 10.5.x So what gives? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-434754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seepositive Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I was able to get past this error by disabling the SCSI cd/dvd drive that I was emulating and adding paevm=true to the vmx file. I'm not currently getting any further, but the error message doesn't pop up. This may or may not be helpful, but figured it was worth noting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-907976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
8liability Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I was able to get past this error by disabling the SCSI cd/dvd drive that I was emulating and adding paevm=true to the vmx file. I'm not currently getting any further, but the error message doesn't pop up. This may or may not be helpful, but figured it was worth noting. didnt help me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-1233257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 didnt help me Why reply to such an old thread? Read this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=172474 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-1233360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacktabby Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hey all im getting this error while trying to install with VMware "The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point." what shall I do, Iv searched everywhere Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34554-the-cpu-has-been-disabled-by-the-guest-operating-system-you-will-need-to-power-off-or-reset-the-virtual-machine-at-this-point/#findComment-1240202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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