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[Joseph Annino <joeaguy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I used the hack that involved booting into an EFI tool on a USB key, 
which requires older bios versions to work.   It was a pain to do, and 
it seems the method to patch newer bioses is even worse, so I don't want 
to touch my bios unless Acer finally smartens up and enables VT or 
provides an option for it in the CMOS settings.

This VT issue on a lot of laptops is really ridiculous.  Maybe a bunch 
of us should write letters to the FTC and let the feds handle it.

el_lunatico wrote:
> 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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