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[maxadamo <1201092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

@Serge ... I am an experienced sysadmin, I work with Cloudstack ...
therefore I work with a lot of KVM machines.

I don't want to prove anything about myself, but now can you be better
ensured that I am able to access a Computer BIOS and switch a feature
from ON to OFF and viceversa? :)

I've also tried few weird suggestions from one developers and I paste you the content of the e-mail: 
"You might try setting it to disabled in the BIOS to make sure it's not wired
backwards.  There also used to be some FUD about fully powering off the
system around making changes to these settings.  You might try
unplugging the system for a few seconds and testing from there. "

I would also say that WakOnLan sometime works, sometime it doesn't. 
There is something weird with this motherboard, but until I run a test with Windows I am not able to say if the problem is Linux or the MainBoard.

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Title:
  Cannot load kvm_amd module - (says disabled by bios)

Status in “kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  - Firt of all I would like to mention that this bug as been also raised for Fedora 18.
  Here is the link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978608

  - I am running Ubuntu Raring (with the kernel 3.8.0-27-generic), but
  NOTE that I've also tried the new kernel 3.10 from Ubuntu Saucy.

  - It happens with the following CPU: AMD E-350D

  - The kvm-ok executable says that the system is capable of running
  KVM, but it also says the it's disabled in the BIOS.

  - This is the out put of kvm-ok:
  # kvm-ok
  INFO: /dev/kvm does not exist
  HINT:   sudo modprobe kvm_amd
  INFO: Your CPU supports KVM extensions
  INFO: KVM (svm) is disabled by your BIOS
  HINT: Enter your BIOS setup and enable Virtualization Technology (VT),
        and then hard poweroff/poweron your system
  KVM acceleration can NOT be used

  - This is what modprobe kvm-amd says:
  # modprobe kvm-amd
  ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Operation not supported
  root@yasna:~# dmesg |tail -n1
  [ 2542.263745] kvm: disabled by bios

  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  lightdm    2472 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  lightdm    2472 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3addb1e2-6fd3-4581-b4e3-287fc638926d
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-02 (12 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
  MarkForUpload: True
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux 3.8.0.27.45
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-27-generic root=UUID=a820e9a0-4b2c-4ab6-adfd-f638f44d867f ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-27-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-27-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  RfKill:
   0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
  Tags: raring package-from-proposed third-party-packages
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

  WifiSyslog:

  dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F3
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: E350N WIN8
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF3:bd01/18/2013:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnE350NWIN8:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

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