DaveTheTytnIIGuy
30th April 2009, 08:16 AM
Hello,
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-CR240E laptop, and recently learned that my chipset does actually support Hardware assisted virtualization (Intel Centrino Duo T7250). I run a lot of virtual machines, so having this enabled would be great.
However, the problem seems to be that Sony, for some reason, removed that option from the BIOS and officially claims that "it isn't supported" when it in fact is, just not enabled. It's definitely supported, there's just no way to enable it by default. I have come upon a solution (http://www.linuxformat.gr/?q=content/how-unlock-and-enable-hardware-accelerated-virtualization-technology-vt-sony-vaio-laptop-and) online, however, it involves modifying the BIOS itself, which if done incorrectly can ruin any computer, which I cannot afford to do.
Now here's where you come in. If you have performed this patch to this model of laptop, or any Vaio, can you give me any info or advice? I know it's a long shot that anybody here has done this, but I'm kind of desperate and I figure if this place doesn't have advice, then nobody does. This laptop has the latest Sony-made Phoenix BIOS update from my model's web page.
Thank you all in advance,
Dave
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-CR240E laptop, and recently learned that my chipset does actually support Hardware assisted virtualization (Intel Centrino Duo T7250). I run a lot of virtual machines, so having this enabled would be great.
However, the problem seems to be that Sony, for some reason, removed that option from the BIOS and officially claims that "it isn't supported" when it in fact is, just not enabled. It's definitely supported, there's just no way to enable it by default. I have come upon a solution (http://www.linuxformat.gr/?q=content/how-unlock-and-enable-hardware-accelerated-virtualization-technology-vt-sony-vaio-laptop-and) online, however, it involves modifying the BIOS itself, which if done incorrectly can ruin any computer, which I cannot afford to do.
Now here's where you come in. If you have performed this patch to this model of laptop, or any Vaio, can you give me any info or advice? I know it's a long shot that anybody here has done this, but I'm kind of desperate and I figure if this place doesn't have advice, then nobody does. This laptop has the latest Sony-made Phoenix BIOS update from my model's web page.
Thank you all in advance,
Dave