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Re: Enabling hidden BIOS features through EFI

 

Hey Joseph,

i've got a 3810t too and was shocked to see that i couldn't start a VM i created on a different machine because of the lacking or better disabled (grrrrrr...Acer) VT-x feature.
Another unhappy customer...
Did you use the method described by Alexander or the one to dump, set VT to enabled and reflash bios described here <http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/06/enabling-intel-vt-on-the-aspire-8930g/>?

BTW, is it still necessary to do it that way or is this feature enabled in the latest 1.17 bios upgrade as this is necessary for future VM- WinXP emulation in Windows 7? Could somebody please comment on this?

Cheers,
Nix


Joseph Annino schrieb:
I have an Acer 3810T. My bios definitely had VT turned off, as VMware told me. I did the hack to turn it on and that has been working great.

Can someone confirm if newer bioses for this model have VT turned on? I don't want to upgrade unless I am sure I won't loose the VT functionality.

Emiel Kollof wrote:
On newer bioses VT is enabled by default. So if it's not on, update your bios.

2009/12/21 Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Am 21.12.2009 12:05, schrieb Albert Vilella:
Maybe VT is not on by default in all Acer Timeline models. I've seen
different forums where people complain it's not on...

I have the 3810TG (which Alexander Simon has too). Perhaps it's another BIOS
bug?

Best regards.

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