Hello all,
I have a brand new Dell Latitude E6540 notebook with Core I7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.7 GHz running Windows 7 prof. 64-bit. All drivers and Windows patches are up-to-date.
Whenever I run VMWare Workstation 10 (I develop software inside a virtual machine), I get at least one error message in the Windows event log of the host machine *per minute*;
The error message reads "Event 19, WHEA -Logger, a corrected hardware error has occurred. Reported by component: Processor Core. Error source: Corrected Machine Check. Error type:internal parity error. Processor ID: 0". (The Processor ID in the error message varies.)
The error *only* happens when I work inside a virtual machine. Otherwise, the notebook runs perfectly stable. I ran the Intel processor diagnostic tool which did a two hour burn-in stress test with no errors. Nothing is over-clocked and the processor doesn't overheat either. The RAM tests fine.
I have contacted Dell Pro Support. They first advised I do a factory restore of the operating system. I did that (took me all day to install my apps again) but the error persisted. A Bios update didn't change anything either. All drivers and service packs are up-to-date too.Then they sent me a technician. First the mainboard was replaced. Then the CPU. Then the RAM. But the error still persists.
Given that all hardware has been replaced and the software is up-to-date, I am at my wits' end. I no longer believe that the hardware is faulty. Do I have to live with this error message forever ?
Thanks for your attention,
Arthur