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    New Gateway FX BIOS 94.31 with VT enabled - Not for 7811FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by E-wrecked, Oct 21, 2008.

  1. irata

    irata Notebook Consultant

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    edit: err what i mean to say is do i need this bios to be able to select multipliers for the xtreme cpus?
     
    irata, Apr 16, 2009
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  2. camaroace

    camaroace Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just wanted to know if anybody had tried this on a P-172X FX laptop. My laptop's BIOS version is 94.29.00, and I really want to get VT enabled on it.
     
    camaroace, May 5, 2009
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  3. hans030390

    hans030390 Newbie

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    Just flashed my P-6831FX successfully, but am not seeing any options for VT in the BIOS settings. Am I missing something?
     
    hans030390, May 5, 2009
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  4. camaroace

    camaroace Notebook Enthusiast

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    BTW my laptop sits at R01-A1P from the build notes, I don't see why this BIOS update would not work, but I would want to know if anybody else has attempted it.
     
    camaroace, May 5, 2009
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  5. hans030390

    hans030390 Newbie

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    Duh, nevermind. Never upgraded my CPU, so I don't think it supports it anyway.
     
    hans030390, May 6, 2009
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  6. FPS_Sean

    FPS_Sean Notebook Consultant

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    hm, may be more interested in that VT worked in the x64 'environment' and if i had an extreme cpu, but right now bios 94.29 seems fine, is the actually the final bios (94.31) for 6XXX series?
     
    FPS_Sean, May 6, 2009
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  7. camaroace

    camaroace Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I can't believe I took the risky move into the unknown, but I flashed my P-172X FX with this BIOS update and it does work. I was pretty confident that this would work since both the P-17* series had been following the same BIOS as the P-6000 series, but my heart was sure pounding during the flash. But I now have VT enabled =)
     
    camaroace, May 10, 2009
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  8. dougy86

    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    Does anyone know if my raid0 will get destroyed if I flash my BIOS into this? sorry if this is a noob question I just wanna make sure before i do it
     
    dougy86, May 14, 2009
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  9. iaTa

    iaTa Do Not Feed

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    No your array will be fine.
     
    iaTa, May 14, 2009
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  10. ZBIGPL

    ZBIGPL Notebook Enthusiast

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    done update with Raid and all working only changed sata back to enabled
     
    ZBIGPL, May 20, 2009
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  11. predatorramboxxx

    predatorramboxxx Notebook Deity

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    so i need to know how to do this i cant figure it out what do you mean a dos bootable media? please!!!
     
    predatorramboxxx, Jul 20, 2009
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  12. wootage

    wootage Notebook Consultant

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    He means that you can't run it under Windows. The original dos bootable media was a floppy disk. Since we're talking about laptops which generally don't have a floppy (I bought a 15.00 USB floppy years ago, so I am good to go :p ) you need to either make a bootable CD or a bootable USB stick. These both take some effort, but it's easy to find the guides on them here or via Google.
     
    wootage, Jul 21, 2009
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  13. wbingham

    wbingham Newbie

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    I upgraded my 172x-fx with this BIOS yesterday and all went well...almost.

    My BIOS now shows 94.31 as the version and I have the option to enable Virtualization Technology, however when I boot into Windows 7 and attempt to run Windows XP Mode, it tells me that Advanced Hardware Virtualization Technology is still disabled in the BIOS.

    I've rebooted and verified multiple times that the BIOS says it's enabled, but it appears to be a false switch and not actually turning anything on. Either that or Windows 7 simply isn't seeing it for some reason.
     
    wbingham, Dec 1, 2009
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  14. teksurv

    teksurv Notebook Guru

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    You need to completely power down the system. Then turn it on and boot in to Windows and you'll be fine.


     
    teksurv, Dec 1, 2009
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  15. jbierling

    jbierling Newbie

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    Sorry to drag up an older thread but I need VT on my P-173xl-fx. Will this bios work with it?
     
    jbierling, Feb 19, 2010
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