*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1346917 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346917
Just wanted to add that upgrading my kernel to a newer version fixed the problem for me, too. Host: 2x E5-2620V2, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Guest: 24 virtual cores, Windows Server 2008 R2 Before fix: sudo uname -a Linux x.contabo.net 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Bluescreen stop 0x0000005c every few hours After fix: sudo uname -a Linux x.contabo.net 3.16.0-23-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 21 17:56:17 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux No Bluescreens or other crashes since 7 days under full load Upgraded with this tutorial http://askubuntu.com/questions/541775/how- can-i-install-ubuntu-14-10s-kernel-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308341 Title: Multiple CPUs causes blue screen on Windows guest (14.04 regression) Status in QEMU: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in qemu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Configuring a Windows 7 guest using more than one CPU cases the guest to fail. This happens after a few hours after guest boot. This is the error on the blue screen: "A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval" After resetting, the guest will never boot and a new bluescreen with the error "STOP: 0x0000005c" appears. Shutting down the guest completely and restarting it will allow it to boot and run for a few hours again. The guest was created using virt-manager. The error happens with or without virtio devices and with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 guests. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 release candidate. qemu-kvm version 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1308341/+subscriptions