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‎08-14-2018 09:02 PM

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Product: HP G72 Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I am currently in school and am needing to be able to run a virtual machine on my computer but I see that the cpu that is installed in my laptop does not support virtualization so I am looking at upgrading the cpu.  I am wondering what is the best cpu that I could use in my hewlett-packard 1439 motherboard.

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‎08-16-2018 05:23 AM

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Your has a Pentium P6100 processor and it appears that the same motherboard is used with up to an i5-540M processor. Here is the Service Manual:

 

Manual

 

The P6100 will not do virtualization but any of the Intel Core processors listed on p. 1 of the Manual will do Vt-x. 

 

So, green light. CPU upgrade should allow virtualization. 

 

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed.  

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‎08-15-2018 03:07 PM - edited ‎08-15-2018 03:11 PM

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We need the exact model number. The specs are not catalogued under the motherboard number but under the product or model number for the computer. If it has a defeatured Celeron or Pentium processor there may not be an option for you that can do virtualization since the motherboard will not support a processor capable of virtualization. But the model number will tell us that.  

 

 

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‎08-15-2018 03:52 PM

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The laptop is a g72-b49wm.
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‎08-16-2018 05:23 AM

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Your has a Pentium P6100 processor and it appears that the same motherboard is used with up to an i5-540M processor. Here is the Service Manual:

 

Manual

 

The P6100 will not do virtualization but any of the Intel Core processors listed on p. 1 of the Manual will do Vt-x. 

 

So, green light. CPU upgrade should allow virtualization. 

 

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed.  

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‎08-16-2018 06:00 AM

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Thank you very much for your assistance with this.
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