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    D901C Q9450 Intel VT-x

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by fulgas, Sep 7, 2008.

  1. fulgas

    fulgas Newbie

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    Hi all,
    i bought a D901C with a Q9450 and i was trying to use vmplayer on windows vista 64 with the intel VT-x flag.
    The current bios firmware is 1.00.16 and KBC/EC 1.00.10N. I tried to enable the intel VT-x on the bios and then checked with cpu-z and doesn't seem to be enabled. Vmplayer keeps crashing with 64bits OS guests.
    Does anyone tried to enable intel VT-x on the bios ?
    Is it a bios issue ? should i try to update to the new one ( 1.00.17, doesn't seem to run on vista 64bits).

    thk,

    fulgas
     
    fulgas, Sep 7, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    I do not think its a BIOS issue... its the software conflict.

    Make sure to run the program as Administrator, and disable UAC.
     
    Gophn, Sep 7, 2008
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    fulgas Newbie

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    Already did that....
    It happens with Vmware and virtual box...
     
    fulgas, Sep 7, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    I use VMware fine in XP, have not tried it in Vista.

    which version of VMware are you running, I know a couple of weeks ago a VMware beta became available and works fine in x64 systems from what I was told.
     
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    fulgas Newbie

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    vmware player 2.0.5... the latest beta and virtual box with the latest beta also :|
    Could vista be causing this misunderstanding?
     
    fulgas, Sep 7, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    VMware player 2.05 is the latest build... not a beta.

    sign up for the VMware 6.5 beta, it seems to be very promising in all OS's.
     
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    fulgas Newbie

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    Errr...feeling so stupid :|
    I just needed to power off the laptop to make it work :|
    Now it works with vmware player :)
    Thk :)
     
    fulgas, Sep 7, 2008
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    Oh... haha.

    good to know. :)
     
    Gophn, Sep 7, 2008
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    steponz Notebook Consultant

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    I would stay away from betas as they are compiled in debug mode and are usually alot slower than normal distributions..

    VMware Workstation works fine with X64 host and guest.. Been using it for months like that...
    Joe
     
    steponz, Sep 15, 2008
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