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    Does the Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 support virtualization?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bobthenailer, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. bobthenailer

    bobthenailer Notebook Consultant

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    Just like the title says, the P7550 looks to be identical specs wise to the P8400, is this just a rename or did they strip V-t out of the P7550. I can't find any info on the P7550 as it is a newer OEM cpu and is not listed on the Intel sight.
     
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    I don't believe it does.
     
    pillowshot, Aug 15, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It doesn't.
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 15, 2009
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    nope................
     
    zijin_cheng, Aug 16, 2009
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    bobthenailer, Aug 26, 2009
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    Even though that information is from Intel's site directly, they often have misinformation about whether the processor supports VT-x. This has happened with the T6500 and the P7350 as discussed on Intel forums here:

    T6500
    http://communities.intel.com/thread/5089?tstart=1
    http://communities.intel.com/message/34486

    P7350
    http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/virtualization-software-development/topic/60686/

    It would be safe to assume that the information about VT-x support provided for the p7550 is also incorrect. As many people have discovered, Intel's website is extremely unreliable and inaccurate.

    In general, all P7000 series processors do not support VT-x except for P7x70 models (the xx70 suffix seems to apply to all other non VT-x supporting processor series as well such as the T6000 series and below), which are available only for business oriented laptops.

    Example:
    P7350
    http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36750&code=p7350
    http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLB53
    P7370
    http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37117&code=p7370
    http://processorfinder.intel.com/Details.aspx?sSpec=SLGF9

    For consumer oriented laptops, you would need at least a P8000 processor or T7000 processor to have support for VT-x.
     
    solmnc, Sep 2, 2009
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  7. afhstingray

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    thats interesting, so just to add on, does my T9600 have this feature?
     
    afhstingray, Sep 2, 2009
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  8. sgogeta4

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    T9600 definitely has VT support.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 2, 2009
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    Convoluted, Dec 29, 2009
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    Any 2 Core Duo will allow you to run Virtual PC as long as the BIOS has this feature to turn it on. I beleive Sony is the exception.
     
    Mr.KL, Dec 29, 2009
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    Incorrect.

    Merom Core 2 Duos that support Intel VT are:
    T7xxx

    Penryn Core 2 Duos that support Intel VT are:
    T6670
    T8xxx
    T9xxx
    P8xxx
    P9xxx
    SU7xxx
    SU9xxx
    Q9xxx
    QX9xxx
    P7xxx (only certain ones built into Macs)

    All other Core 2 Duos probably do not support Intel VT.
     
    KingRaptor, Dec 29, 2009
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  12. tilleroftheearth

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    Also, Sony has relented on some models (and released BIOS's that support VT) and searching NBR will give additional VT enabled BIOS's for Sony's too.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 29, 2009
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    Convoluted, Dec 29, 2009
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