ESXi 5 Purple Screen of Death in VMware Workstation 8
Posted: January 26, 2012 | Author: VirtuallyMikeB | Filed under: VMware, Windows | Tags: cpu has been disabled, cpu has been disabled by the guest operating system, esxi, esxi 5, esxi5, pcpu 0: no heartbeat, pcpu didn't have a heartbeat, psod, purple screen, purple screen of death, vmware, vmware workstation, vmware workstation 8, workstation 8 | Leave a commentWhile I’m traveling, I carry a beefy laptop as a mobile test lab. I fired it up recently after several weeks of no lab work and to my chagrin, looked up and saw the dreaded purple screen of death for the first time. I saw this as a good opportunity to research this particular PSoD and post my findings.