VMware error - This host does not support Intel VT-x

[RobertRoland]

I am trying to get VMware 14 working on an HP Compaq Presario CQ56-201SQ Laptop and I'm getting the error:

This host does not support Intel VT-x.
This host does not support "Intel EPT" hardware assisted MMU virtualization.
Module 'CPUIDEarly' power on failed.
Failed to start the virtual machine.

I checked my BIOS and I didn't see any "Virtual Technology" option to enable.

I was trying to update my BIOS using Linux by creating a FreeDOS USB and adding the .exe file on it.

When I tried to execute it, I got the error:

This program cannot be run in DOS mode.

BIOS - https://i.stack.imgur.com/8WRmq.jpg

I also tried to add the UEFI .exe file and got the same error.

Any ideas on how to get it working?

Thank you!!

[gfagan]

There was a post the other day from a fellow who successfully updated bios on linux; it sounds complex: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Boot-and-Lockup/Linux-HP-Elitebook-2570p-UEFI-BIOS-update-fai...

I'm not familiar with vmware, but when I use virtualbox, I have the ability tp set ot to take advantage of VT-x and I could theoretically do so even if it weren't enabled in the bios. Your error sounds like that, as if vmware is setup to use a feature that isn't actually there. Is there a configuration on preferences menu where you could double check? Is this an existing vmware appliance, originally built on another computer and imported to yours with the settings from the orginal host still intact? 

GEF

[gfagan]

"tp set ot" means "to set it"

[RobertRoland]

VirtualBox works fine and VMware on other with the same configuration works too.

[RobertRoland]

On other pc*

[gfagan]

Thanks for clarifying, for otherwise I'd have assumed you meant vmware worked on the same hardware but with a different virtual appliance. 

Successful test with vbox clears your hardware, pointing to the software, and unfortunately that's the border of my knowledge. You'll probably find better suggestions on a vmware forum, but if I were troubleshooting a problem like this, I might try copying the appliance from a computer where it already works; if you do that be sure to format the usb drive with ext4 or something else that can support huge files. Ideally, the appliance you copy would be setup without VT-x since you don't have that omn the new host, though again, I'm not sure of the degree to which a ported appliance carries the original settings because I don't know vmware. 

Good luck, 

GEF