Stop Code 0x000000F4 May Occur When Running VMware ESX 4.1

If you boot a Microsoft Windows 2003 guest operating system with the /3GB switch defined in the boot.ini file on VMware ESX 4.1, you may experience these symptoms. Running of application can also exhibit these symptoms:

• Read or Write memory errors occur in the guest operating system
• A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) error is reported and the virtual machine is forced to reboot often
• A Stop Code type of 0x000000F4 occurs
• Microsoft .NET or Java applications may fail with memory errors
• The Microsoft Windows Event log may have errors similar to:
  
  Event Type: Error
  Event Source: .NET Runtime
  Event Category: None
  Description:.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3615 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A0979AE) (80131506)
• The Microsoft Windows Event log may have errors similar to:
  
  “Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.”