Hello experts - hope you all had a great and tasty Thanksgiving - but this one is a doozy:
I have a new Dell Optiplex 7010 MT with with 8GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive and an Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz – this is a genuine quad core processor with hardware virtualization.
Also, I have BIOS A16 with the following settings:
Virtualization Support:
Virtualization – Enable Intel Virtualization Technology is ON
VT for Direct I/O is Enabled – ON
Trusted Execution is OFF
HOWEVER, in Win 7 Pro 64-bit, I am getting ready to do XP Mode but when I first run the havdetectiontool.exe from Microsoft, it says “Hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled on this computer”.
Hardware virtualization should be working but something is blocking it.
The MS havdetectiontool can create a detailed report - and I am pasting it below. BUT I HAVE ALREADY POWERED DOWN AND UP THE MACHINE MANY TIMES WITH THE ABOVE BIOS SETTINGS. Something is wrong. What is it?
This is the full report:
Intel VT or VIA Centerhauls processor.
System CPU supports Hardware Assisted Virtualization.
Setting up driver.
The file "C:\Users\glnz Admin\Downloads\sources\amd64\\detecthav.sys" is signed and the signature was verified.
Driver installed.
-------------MSR Details------------------
Number of Processors in the system = 4
Information for processor 0 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000001
VMX Enabled Bit not set
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS.
Please enable "Intel Virtualization Technology" in the BIOS, power down the computer completely, and then rerun the tool on power up
Information for processor 1 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000001
VMX Enabled Bit not set
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS.
Please enable "Intel Virtualization Technology" in the BIOS, power down the computer completely, and then rerun the tool on power up
Information for processor 2 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000001
VMX Enabled Bit not set
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS.
Please enable "Intel Virtualization Technology" in the BIOS, power down the computer completely, and then rerun the tool on power up
Information for processor 3 :
VmxProcessor IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL MSR value = 0x000001
VMX Enabled Bit not set
TXT Enabled Bit not set
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS
Hardware Assisted Virtualization is not enabled in the BIOS.
Please enable "Intel Virtualization Technology" in the BIOS, power down the computer completely, and then rerun the tool on power up
Proc VMXLock VMXEn TXTBit
0 1 0 0
1 1 0 0
2 1 0 0
3 1 0 0
-------BIOS INFORMATION-------------------
Number of values: 15
(01) BiosMajorRelease : 4
(02) BiosMinorRelease : 6
(03) ECFirmwareMajorRelease : 255
(04) ECFirmwareMinorRelease : 255
(05) BaseBoardManufacturer : Dell Inc.
(06) BaseBoardProduct : 0GY6Y8
(07) BaseBoardVersion : A03
(08) BIOSReleaseDate : 09/09/2013
(09) BIOSVendor : Dell Inc.
(10) BIOSVersion : A16
(11) SystemFamily :
(12) SystemManufacturer : Dell Inc.
(13) SystemProductName : OptiPlex 7010
(14) SystemSKU : OptiPlex 7010
(15) SystemVersion : 01
BIOS Vendor : Dell Inc.
BIOS Version : A16
System Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Final returnValue = 2
Send SQM data to Microsoft.
The SQM machine ID already exists
The SQM user ID already exists
Received SQM upload callback:result 0x0
Current file C:\Users\glnz Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\HAV Detection Tool\HAVDetectionTool.sqm
HTTP code: 200
► SO WHAT TO DO ?? Hey, Dell, did you make a dumb mistake in the BIOS?
And here's the info from the Intel Processor ID utility:
Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility
Version: 5.01.20140910
Time Stamp: 2014/11/28 01:02:59
Operating System: 6.1-7601-Service Pack 1
Number of processors in system: 1
Current processor: #1
Active cores per processor: 4
Disabled cores per processor: 0
Processor Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Type: 0
Family: 6
Model: 3A
Stepping: 9
Revision: 19
Maximum CPUID Level: D
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Packaging: LGA1155
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(R) Technology: Yes
MMX(TM): Yes
Intel(R) SSE: Yes
Intel(R) SSE2: Yes
Intel(R) SSE3: Yes
Intel(R) SSE4: Yes
Intel(R) AES-NI: Yes
Intel(R) AVX: Yes
Enhanced Halt State: Yes
Execute Disable Bit: Yes
Intel(R) Hyper-Threading Technology: No
Intel(R) 64 Architecture: Yes
Intel(R) Virtualization Technology: Yes
Intel(R) VT-x with Extended Page Tables: Yes
System Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 2500
Expected Processor Frequency: 3.20 GHz
Reported Processor Frequency: 3.39 GHz
Expected System Bus Frequency: 100 MHz
Reported System Bus Frequency: 105 MHz
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