johndolle01

Hi John,

I'm not too keen on virtualization, but I only see VT-d option in the BIOS. I can't find VT-x. Will that be a problem?

Also, it is under the 'Chipset' tab that is not unlocked yet (explained in my previous posts above). Be on the look-out for a new BIOS later this week that will be completely unlocked.

Hi Xonar,

[h=4]Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)[/h]

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. It offers improved manageability by limiting downtime and maintaining productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.

[h=4]Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)[/h]

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) continues from the existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium® processor (VT-i) virtualization adding new support for I/O-device virtualization. Intel VT-d can help end users improve security and reliability of the systems and also improve performance of I/O devices in virtualized environments.

[h=4]Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)[/h]

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT), also known as Second Level Address Translation (SLAT), provides acceleration for memory intensive virtualized applications. Extended Page Tables in Intel® Virtualization Technology platforms reduces the memory and power overhead costs and increases battery life through hardware optimization of page table management.

Hopefully the new unlock will do the trick, thanks for your help

I purchased my laptop from an OEM (Cyberpower) this was the original information reported by the "Intel CPU ID tool" I want to run VMware 8.0 with 64 bit OS support and need VT -x to be enabled, I have flashed the White book 1762 unlocked bios and it has installed fine the only thing I changed in the BIOS was the RAID option back to AHCI and I did notice the VT support was enabled, after rebooting I reran the Intel ID tool and it is still reporting VT -x as being off? Is there something else I need to change? or is this not supported

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Mainboard: MS-1762

PCB Version: REV:1.0 Intel® Processor Identification Utility

Version: 4.50.20120413

Time Stamp: 2012/08/16 15:10:57

Operating System: 6.1-7601-Service Pack 1

Number of processors in system: 1

Current processor: #1

Active cores per processor: 4

Disabled cores per processor: 0

Processor Name: Intel® Core i7-3920XM Extreme Edition CPU @ 2.90GHz

Type: 0

Family: 6

Model: 3A

Stepping: 9

Revision: 12

Maximum CPUID Level: D

L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB

L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB

L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB

L3 Cache: 8 MB

Packaging: µPGA/BGA

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology: Yes

MMX: Yes

Intel® SSE: Yes

Intel® SSE2: Yes

Intel® SSE3: Yes

Intel® SSE4: Yes

Intel® AES-NI: Yes

Intel® AVX: Yes

Enhanced Halt State: Yes

Execute Disable Bit: Yes

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology: Yes

Intel® 64 Architecture: Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology: No

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables: No

System Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4000

Expected Processor Frequency: 2.90 GHz

Reported Processor Frequency: 3.59 GHz

Expected System Bus Frequency: 100 MHz

Reported System Bus Frequency: 100 MHz

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BIOS Version: E1762IMS.10M

BIOS Date: 7/6/2012

EC-FW Version: