I have a similar problem I think.
I attempted an "upgrade" from 4.2.18 to 4.3.4 and immediately experienced a problem with my Windows Server 2003 (32bit) guest O/S.
My host system is CentOS 6.5 running on a Dell Optilex 740 with AMD 64bit processor of some kind (can't remember which) and 7GB of RAM
I had recently updated a different system that I run a Windows XP guest without problems (same host O/S, but Dell Latitude 630 laptop), so I was flummoxed when my Win2K3 system had problems.
Symptoms were virtualbox processes running at 100%, host system completely unresponsive until VirtualBox died (spontaneously)*, guest O/S appeared to boot without problems until entering the "starting networks" phase of the boot process.
Tried twice, but since this system is the Domain Controller and mail server for my own windows network and I couldn't afford the time to do any diagnosis, I downgraded to 4.2.20 and continued - without problem - from there.
(*Looking at the logs it appears that it was the host kernel that "restarted" spontaneously - which is not something that I have ever seen before; not something that I even knew was possible - not that that says much. Attaching the relevant part of the console log)
If I get time I'll try setting up another Win2K3 Server installation on my Latitude (same O/S, but different processor though) and see if the problem recurs otherwise it will be a quiet weekend sometime after Christmas before I can try something on my "live" system...
Hope this is some help. [Also attached two VBoxSvc log files but they don't appear to show anything untoward(there is an error but it is both log files), one is for 4.3.4 and the other is 4.2.20]
[Edit: Add VM config information from VBoxManage list vms --long]
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Name: emerald
Groups: /
Guest OS: Red Hat
UUID: 62e56335-d547-4918-bfc8-4f6bdf5195e7
Config file: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/emerald/emerald.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/emerald/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/emerald/Logs
Hardware UUID: 62e56335-d547-4918-bfc8-4f6bdf5195e7
Memory size: 4096MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 128MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: on
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: running (since 2013-12-08T23:12:11.957000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller
Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30
Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/VirtualBoxVMs/emerald/emerald.vdi (UUID: dbdf7b58-58b9-49fa-968d-efdbc7a6ef89)
NIC 1: MAC: 080027240282, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 5100, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
Video redirection: disabled
VRDE property: TCP/Ports = "5100"
VRDE property: TCP/Address = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Quality = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/DownscaleProtection = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableDisplay = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableInput = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableClipboard = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUpstreamAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableRDPDR = <not set>
VRDE property: H3DRedirect/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/Method = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerCertificate = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerPrivateKey = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/CACertificate = <not set>
VRDE property: Audio/RateCorrectionMode = <not set>
USB: enabled
EHCI: disabled
USB Device Filters:
<none>
Bandwidth groups: <none>
Shared folders: <none>
Description:
CentOS webserver, 32bit, 4Gb, 200Gb production and development
Guest:
Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
Name: zircon
Groups: /
Guest OS: Windows 2003
UUID: f5b69d20-6683-44f7-846d-e638c11d5a06
Config file: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/zircon/zircon.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/zircon/Snapshots
Log folder: /home/VirtualBoxVMs/zircon/Logs
Hardware UUID: f5b69d20-6683-44f7-846d-e638c11d5a06
Memory size: 1536MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 128MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
Synthetic Cpu: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
PAE: off
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: local time
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: off
VT-x VPID: on
State: running (since 2013-12-08T23:28:27.196000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/VirtualBoxVMs/zircon/zircon.vdi (UUID: 9a90ca83-1481-4cef-835f-40a72f1d5949)
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 0800271F5A3C, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82543GC, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, attached to device '/dev/ttyS0'
UART 2: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: PulseAudio, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 5200, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
Video redirection: disabled
VRDE property: TCP/Ports = "5200"
VRDE property: TCP/Address = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/Quality = <not set>
VRDE property: VideoChannel/DownscaleProtection = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableDisplay = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableInput = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableClipboard = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableUpstreamAudio = <not set>
VRDE property: Client/DisableRDPDR = <not set>
VRDE property: H3DRedirect/Enabled = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/Method = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerCertificate = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/ServerPrivateKey = <not set>
VRDE property: Security/CACertificate = <not set>
VRDE property: Audio/RateCorrectionMode = <not set>
USB: enabled
EHCI: enabled
USB Device Filters:
Index: 0
Active: yes
Name: Iomega External HD
VendorId: 059b
ProductId: 027d
Revision: 0000
Manufacturer: Iomega
Product: External HD
Remote: 0
Serial Number: 551F02E3
Bandwidth groups: <none>
Shared folders: <none>
Description:
Windows Primary Domain Controller and Exchange server for xxxxxxxxx
Guest:
Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB
[Edit2: Just noticed that Win2K3 system has PAE off, not sure if that is significant - but it is certainly not what I was expecting... (though maybe a consequence of my reducing the memory size from 3GB to 1.5GB about 6 months ago?)