Hardware virtualizition disabled, but enabled in BIOS

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Max - 04 May 2008 02:10 GMT

Hi, I have hardware virtualization enabled in my BIOS, and I'm running a
Intel Core 2 Quad with Vista 32bit.

Am I missing something? It just says my machine doesn't support it.

Thanks

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Praveen - 04 May 2008 06:59 GMT

> Hi, I have hardware virtualization enabled in my BIOS, and I'm running a
> Intel Core 2 Quad with Vista 32bit.
>
> Am I missing something? It just says my machine doesn't support it.
>
> Thanks

"It says" as in VPC 2007 settings? After you have enabled Hardware
Virtualization, have you turned off the power and restarted the
physical box (just restarting may not be sufficient)

Praveen

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Jos Groot Lipman - 04 May 2008 10:09 GMT

In article <c9233e7a-96bd-4ed9-afe8-3e8790565ab9
@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, praveenv@gmail.com says...

> > Hi, I have hardware virtualization enabled in my BIOS, and I'm running a
> > Intel Core 2 Quad with Vista 32bit.
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> Praveen

Even worse: on my system I do get Hardware Virtualization enabled after
a cold reboot so my processor (Core 2 6700) and Bios/motherboard (Intel
DG695WH) do support it.
However, each time I put my machine in sleep mode and resume it the next
day VPC tells me that Hardware Virtualization is not avaiable. I have to
do a cold reboot to get it back.

I have updated my Bios to the most recent version of March 2008 but that
did not help.

Anyone got a solution for that?

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Robert Comer - 04 May 2008 13:30 GMT

It sounds like a BIOS issue, you'll have to wait for another update.

In the meantime, the fix is to not use sleep, either use hibernate, or
shut the machine all the way down.

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Bob Comer

>In article <c9233e7a-96bd-4ed9-afe8-3e8790565ab9
>@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, praveenv@gmail.com says...
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>Anyone got a solution for that?

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childerik - 01 Nov 2008 11:06 GMT

Hello.

I experienced the same problem with an other Intel Desktop Board, a DG33TL.

I solved it with Intel customer service and here is the solution :

"Thank you for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support. We understand you are
having problems with Intel(R) Virtualization Technology. Remove the RTC (Real
Time Clock) battery and leave it out for 20 minutes. After this period of
time, insert the battery back in and turn the system back on; if it displays
POST messages, go into BIOS Setup Utility by pressing <F2> during the boot
process. Once in the BIOS setup utility, press <F9> to restore BIOS default
settings. Reset any customized BIOS settings. Clear all DMI event logs, which
are located in the Advanced/Event Log Configuration section of the BIOS Setup
utility. Press <F10> to save the new settings and reboot the system".

Bye.

> In article <c9233e7a-96bd-4ed9-afe8-3e8790565ab9
> @t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, praveenv@gmail.com says...
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> Anyone got a solution for that?

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Max - 04 May 2008 13:51 GMT

Yes, in in the Virtual PC 2007 settings, the Hardware virtualization option
is greyed out. I've enabled it in BIOS and rebooted, but it never comes on. I
have an Abit IP35 Pro with a Q6600 processor. Does VPC work properly on Vista?

> > Hi, I have hardware virtualization enabled in my BIOS, and I'm running a
> > Intel Core 2 Quad with Vista 32bit.
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> Praveen

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Praveen - 04 May 2008 14:16 GMT

> Yes, in in the Virtual PC 2007 settings, the Hardware virtualization option
> is greyed out. I've enabled it in BIOS and rebooted, but it never comes on. I
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Hmm.. I will have to assume that when you say "...enabled it in BIOS
and rebooted", you have actually cold restarted the box.

Which Vista version are you running anyways? I am not aware of any VPC
2007 related problems in this configuration :(

Praveen

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Max - 04 May 2008 16:17 GMT

You were correct.... I needed to actually completely shut down and start up.
Simply rebooting apparently doesn't work.

> > Yes, in in the Virtual PC 2007 settings, the Hardware virtualization option
> > is greyed out. I've enabled it in BIOS and rebooted, but it never comes on.. I
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> Praveen

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Colin Barnhorst - 04 May 2008 18:06 GMT

See Robert Comer's advice above.

> You were correct.... I needed to actually completely shut down and start
> up.
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>> Praveen

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