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I wonder if anyone had any insight as to why my Windows 7 install blue screens whenever I start VirtualBox VMs while HyperSLI is enabled. I know that HyperSLI is the issue, because if I restart the computer and disable it, or remember to disable it beforehand, the computer doesn't blue screen. This started happening as recently as VirtualBox 4.1.8. Prior to that version, I would get thrown an error saying that a certain BIOS parameter (AMD-V or VT-x) is not enabled. Before 4.1.8, the virtual machine would run just fine and I couldn't seem to notice any issues at all. What did VirtualBox change? The error code was much friendlier than the blue screen halting all of my work.

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This is Bug Check 0xC4: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION.

Well, something is quite obviously starting Driver Verifier, a tool for us kernel/driver developers to check the sanity of our drivers. And since you can pinpoint it already to a component (HyperSLI), the best would be to disable that component or "unconfigure" Driver Verifier from verifying that driver (may have to be done in a scheduled task in case that component is enabling it again and again).

First, use (in an elevated prompt):

verifier /query

to find which driver is being verified. This should yield a result other than No drivers are currently verified. If you get No drivers are currently verified something is wrong in kernel space on your computer and I'd suggest a malware scan as the next measure. If you find the culprit driver, though, use (still from an elevated prompt):

verifier /reset

and reboot the machine to turn off Driver Verifier entirely. Remember that the HyperSLI might be re-enabling it, so short of removing it, you'll have to run this on every startup after HyperSLI does (in case it does).

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When running verifier /query it does print No drivers are currently verified. I know my machine doesn't have malware because currently that is part of my job, removing malware from customers computers. When I reread the top part of the HyperSLI forum thread it said that when enabled it stops AMD-V from showing up. Could it be that because I had it enabled in VirtualBox originally, but then my motherboard is showing it as disabled VirtualBox is having issues? – tlunter Jun 2 '12 at 2:31
I'm in the antimalware-industry, too. So I would always doubt myself claiming a system is clean, when you can't really prove that. Either way usually when you need to enable AMD-V in the BIOS, access to the BIOS is required to disable it. Can you give the output from !analyze -v (from the Minidump of that crash) in your question, please?! Any driver can bug-check with arbitrary codes as long as the bug-check is deliberate. However, this reserved bug-check should normally only be seen with Driver Verifier. Need the call stack. – 0xC0000022L Jun 2 '12 at 15:31
pastebin.com/KSqnT4Dm Here is a pastebin of the !analyze -v output. – tlunter Jun 2 '12 at 16:38
@tlunter: could you run .symfix; .reload on the WinDbg command prompt and then run !analyze -v once again after that and post the new output? Basically the symbols are missing, so we have no call stack :) – 0xC0000022L Jun 2 '12 at 17:08
pastebin.com/vh2WrPwt That is the output when running .symfix; .reload . The analyze output is the same from there on. – tlunter Jun 2 '12 at 17:48
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