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[Solved] 1366 i7 motherboard and Windows 2008 Hyper-V

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jmchristy   10-03-2009 at 03:46:22 PM

Is anyone here currently using a 1366 i7 motherboard and running Windows 2008 Hyper-V?

If so, which motherboard?

I currently have a ASRock X58 Extreme, and can't seem to get Hyper-V running on it. Keeps saying Hypervisor isn't running, I enabled all VT in the BIOS and ASRock tech support says they don't support Windows 2008 Hyper-V. Seems kind of silly.

So I'm looking to return this board, for one that supports it.

Appreciate the feedback!

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In the manual they show a No-Excute Memory Protection setting under Advanced, CPU Configuration that's disabled by default. It should be enabled.
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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-03-2009 at 08:35:54 PM

If available, is Execute Disable Bit enabled in the BIOS? That motherboard should be able to run Hyper-V.

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jmchristy   10-03-2009 at 10:32:59 PM

I'll have to check on Monday when I'm back in the office, I don't recall seeing that setting but i'll double check.

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-03-2009 at 11:57:48 PM
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In the manual they show a No-Excute Memory Protection setting under Advanced, CPU Configuration that's disabled by default. It should be enabled.

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jmchristy   10-04-2009 at 01:11:45 AM

Interesting, I'll check that out on Monday.
Thanks!

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jmchristy   10-04-2009 at 03:35:40 PM

I enabled that, and Hyper-V is now starting!

I did notice, there is a huge drop in performance. I haven't even added any virtual machines yet!

The mouse lags around the screen whenever I do anything like open Outlook or IE, I'm guessing this is an issue with the BIOS? Anything I can do to improve the performance now?

Appreciate the help.

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-04-2009 at 04:53:52 PM

I must admit that I never checked the mouse behaviour as I normally access my servers via RDP. Since Windows Server 2008 is now a VM, check if video acceleration is enabled. http://support.microsoft.com/?scid [...] &x=20&y=10

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jmchristy   10-05-2009 at 01:17:57 PM

Cool, that fixed the sluggishness.

I lost my dual screen capabilities now, is there anyway to restore? Man it seems like there is always something :)

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jmchristy   10-05-2009 at 01:37:59 PM

I read up a little bit more on this, looks like I might just have to dump Hyper-V entirely and work with VMware Server free edition.

Certainly looks like an issue within Microsoft's hyper-v technology and there are no signs of being addressed anytime soon!

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-05-2009 at 03:53:18 PM

A server is not a workstation and it isn't an issue in a corporate environment. Installing Hyper-V automatically makes Windows Server 2008 run in a VM and that's fine, but it implies that you can't use video acceleration. I normally use VMWare Server for a totally different reason, i.e., my customers use ESX and I need USB and Parallel ports.

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jmchristy   10-05-2009 at 04:02:20 PM

Yes, we just started off using Hyper-V and really liked it but never had any experience with VMware.

Guess I'm going to start getting some experience now, and heck maybe even switch if I like it enough :)

Thanks for the help!

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