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    i7 2630QM AES and the VT-d functions?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by smsmasters, Jul 6, 2011.

  1. smsmasters

    smsmasters Notebook Consultant

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    Can someone confirm if their i7 2630QM has the AES and the VT-d functions?
     
    smsmasters, Jul 6, 2011
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    edit1754, Jul 6, 2011
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  3. Jubeltrubel

    Jubeltrubel Notebook Guru

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    Your actually wrong i think.
    Because:
    a) my 2630qm has not listed AES in CPU-z (my Desktop Intel 2600K does)
    b) Referring to Benchmarks the Truecrypt performance is substantial lower on the 2630qm then to models which have AES hardware Instructions.
    c) Wikipedia: AES instruction set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (where it says:
    So the Dell XPS 15 has noe AES Hardware accel ready :/

    Pls(and hopefully correct me if i´m wrong :) )

    Jubeltrubel
     
    Jubeltrubel, Jul 6, 2011
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  4. glaufan

    glaufan Newbie

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    I spoke to Intel technical support, they confirm 2630QM has AES. But it appears laptop vendors have disabled it, ASUS and Lenovo, perhaps others too.
     
    glaufan, Jul 13, 2011
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  5. leavenfish

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    Prospective buyers visit these threads. What does AES stand for?
     
    leavenfish, Jul 13, 2011
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  6. kizh

    kizh Notebook Consultant

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    clicking the link 2 posts above yours says

    "Advanced Encryption Standard"
     
    kizh, Jul 13, 2011
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    It pretty stupid if it's disabled at the bios level. Yet no one reported if their i7 2720 or higher shows up as enabled.
     
    Falco152, Jul 13, 2011
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  8. smsmasters

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    The latest BIOS supports AES on this CPU. :D
     
    smsmasters, Sep 20, 2011
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    CPU-Z shows AES listed for my 2720, but no vt-d.
     
    Sgraffite, Sep 21, 2011
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    vt-d may be disabled in the BIOS for consumer-level laptops. Check your BIOS menu to ensure that 'virtualization' is enabled. On the 1645/7, a BIOS mod was required to display the 'hidden' menu that contained the option to enable vt-d.
     
    seeker_moc, Sep 22, 2011
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    This is from my Toshiba see Sig.

    [​IMG]
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Sep 22, 2011
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    I have L502x with 2630qm and I see exactly the same set of instructions.
     
    southdrexel, Sep 22, 2011
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