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gfrenkel1   03-27-2009 at 07:28:57 PM

I've go a HP DC7800C with an Intel Core Duo 2 CPU upon which I want to run Hyper-V. The chip obviously supports virtualization, but the proper virtualization setting does not appear in the BIOS. HP has a "P" version of this machine which will run Hyper-V adn they clain the the required virtualization support is due to a different motherboard between the "C" and "P" models. Are they telling me the truth, that a different chipset is required for virtualaztion support, or should an mob that supports this CPU be able to support virtualization with as long as the BIOS supports it.

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Mondoman   03-29-2009 at 04:17:31 AM
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Which model number CPU do you have? Not all Core2Duo CPUs have the virtualization instructions -- only the high-end ones.
From reading the HP documents, it is possible that a different chipset is needed for I/O virtualization support, and certainly a specific BIOS is needed for virtualization support. It's possible that HP won't make a CPU-virtualization supporting BIOS for your model so as not to cannibalize sales of the "p" model, which is probably more expensive.

 


Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_v [...] re_support


Message edited by Mondoman on 03-29-2009 at 04:32:53 AM
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