On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:07 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

| From: Clifford Ilkay via talk <talk@gtalug.org>

| The BIOS
| must support VT-x, too. The "workstation" type of notebooks should support
| it. Cheaper notebooks might have a CPU that supports VT-x but the BIOS
| might not. Hyper-V will not work without VT-x enabled.

I haven't seen a BIOS that stupid. I've seen them stupidly default
VT-X off. Perhaps there were in a few the early days when only some
Intel chips supported VT-x. I don't remember that being the case for
any Core i processors.

From <https://www.howtogeek.com/213795/how-to-enable-intel-vt-x-in-your-computers-bios-or-uefi-firmware/>:

"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”.

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."

I think I recall someone mentioning it on this list some years ago.

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay

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