Problems enabling Virtualization Technology in BIOS dv6 [ Edited ]

[lucis]

hi, i bought my new lap top about 1 month now and im seem unable to find the option for enabling/disabling the virtualization technology in my lap top thru bios settings, i really need to enable it for running the VMware for my studies needs. my lap top specification is:

HP Pavilion dv6-6007tx Entertainment Notebook PC

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz

8 GB RAM

Radeon (TM) HD 6770M

System BIOS F.06

any help would be appreciated

EDIT: Forgot to state my operation system

Windows 7 professional 64 bits

[Vidya]

I think the Virtualization Technology option is available in the system configuration tab of your BIOS according to my knowledge. Here is the screenshot of the bios:

[lucis]

Thank you Vidya, but i've already went through the BIOS and the option to enable/disable VT wasnt there, is it the BIOS version the cause? i did a little search on the web and apperently that BIOS version F.06 dont have that option for security reasons.

[Vidya]

hmm....if you system has the capability, it should be there in BIOS. If it is not there in F.06, I suggest you go back to F.05 and see if you have this option available. Here is the link:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp51501-52000/sp51984.exe

[Bcooper]

I have the same issue.  I attempted to roll back to f.05, but the bios update fails (no error code or description). 

I really stinks that i purchased a computer with a Vitualization compatible processor only to find that HP has disabled this feature in thier BIOS.

[lucis]

So the only thing we can do is wait for the new BIOS with the option available?i hope they release it asap =[

[Arjmax1]

I too have the same notebook and the same problem..Now this is totally disgusting that you have the hardware which is capable of doing that and you are not allowed to that. We payed for this??

Hey people try to look for a hack or something..i don't think HP will do anything in this matter..

How to forward this issue to HP experts so that they get this issue resolved ASAP ??

[pepe999]

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lucis wrote:

So the only thing we can do is wait for the new BIOS with the option available?i hope they release it asap =[

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I know it's not the best solution but Windows Virtual PC 2007 doesn't require VT enabled in the BIOS. It doesn't support linux officially but may work on it it..

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/virtual-pc-2007.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC

Other operating systems such as Linux may run, but are not officially supported, and Microsoft does not provide the necessary drivers (called "Virtual Machine Additions") for Linux.

[Bcooper · Accepted solution]

I installed this version and it seemed to fix it on my system:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-94786-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&...

[lucis]

thank you so much! i installed the bios and IT FIXED! i could enabled the VT in my BIOS setup, thank you thank tou=)