<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:07 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">| From: Clifford Ilkay via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</a>><br>
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| The BIOS<br>
| must support VT-x, too. The "workstation" type of notebooks should support<br>
| it. Cheaper notebooks might have a CPU that supports VT-x but the BIOS<br>
| might not. Hyper-V will not work without VT-x enabled.<br>
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</span>I haven't seen a BIOS that stupid.  I've seen them stupidly default<br>
VT-X off.  Perhaps there were in a few the early days when only some<br>
Intel chips supported VT-x.  I don't remember that being the case for<br>
any Core i processors.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>From <<a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/213795/how-to-enable-intel-vt-x-in-your-computers-bios-or-uefi-firmware/">https://www.howtogeek.com/213795/how-to-enable-intel-vt-x-in-your-computers-bios-or-uefi-firmware/</a>>:<br><br>"Unfortunately, some laptop manufacturers and motherboard manufacturers don’t include an option in their BIOS or UEFI settings for enabling Intel VT-x. If you don’t see the option, try performing a web search for the model number of your laptop—or your motherboard, if it’s a desktop PC—and “enable Intel VT-x”.</div><div><br></div><div>In some cases, manufacturers may later release a BIOS or UEFI firmware update that includes this option. Updating your BIOS or UEFI firmware might help—if you’re lucky."</div><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">I think I recall someone mentioning it on this list some years ago.<br><br clear="all" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div>Clifford Ilkay</div><div><br></div><div>+1 647-778-8696</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><img src="https://my-email-signature.link/signature.gif?u=206693&e=21526298&v=0a82f183f7a40392ef52bb74159ff887d646c53dad4b140866c67a9221bfc231" style="width:0;max-height:0;overflow:hidden">