Server reboot after Event 1001, BugCheck on virtual machine

Hi,
We have a virtual machine server 2008 R2 hoe does reboots after a bugcheck.
The notification is :
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x00000101 (0x0000000000000030, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff880009b8180, 0x0000000000000001). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 061214-139312-01.
If i look at the console, then i see a BSOD screen
Can you help determine the cause of this failure ?
Best regards
Paul

Hi Paul,
It is recommended to run hardware diagnostics on the server to check if it is a hardware issue. The Windows built-in hardware diagnostic tools include CHKDSK and Windows Memory Diagnostic tool.
Chkdsk
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491051.aspx
Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool in Windows Server 2008
http://www.itechtalk.com/thread2230.html
In additional, please refer to the article below to troubleshoot the issue:
Stop error message on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has the Hyper-V role installed and that uses one or more Intel CPUs that are code-named Nehalem: "0x00000101 - CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975530
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