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Same issue here.

Dell M6500, Dual Quad Core i7, 16 gb Ram, dual 256GB SSD.
Left the OEM Win7x64 build on the drive one.
Installed W2K8R2 with Hyper-V, desktop experinece, and IIS on the 2nd drive.
So, no sharing of partitions.

As long as I am not in hyper-v in anyway this random system lockup does not occur.

I do not sping too much time on the Win7x64 side of this, as that is not the reason I got this system. I left it there for driver comparison, troubleshooting from a differnt OS and the like.

Once in HV, wiht any guest running this lock randomaly occurs as stated, butI also get BSODs randomly with starting or closing Hyper-V or just sitting in HV guests.

I also have a Lenovo T61P, Dual Core T7500 / 2.2ghz and 8GB RAM and dual internal 500GB FHD 72000RPM with a Stand alone W2K8R2 Installed with Hyper-V, desktop experinece, and IIS.
I have not experienced any of the issues on my T61P that I have on my DM6500. The DM6500 is a more perfromant system (well, when it is running), than the T61P, but the regular full system lock ups and HV guests BSOD is really dissapointing.

Lastly… I did contact Dell support and quote…
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Server 08 is not a supported Operating system in this portable.
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So, we, who are trying to use this as technical engineers, or a W2K8 learning device, virtualization and all, are already out of support as this config is not supported by Dell as per the the above Dell Pro Support engineer. I was suprised to hear this.

So, we are on our own.

What is really suprising is that they would take this postion with such a high performance device.
I know vendors must take a position, but they should at least state this in their advertising, demos and literature, to prevent us from making assumptions and spinning our wheels on this effort.

Now, I continue to toil away at this device to see if I can resolve it, but it is really becoming a chore.

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