HP Pavillion dv5-1166us - BIOS update needed for 64bit

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 11. Apr 2009, 23:22

I have installed Virtualbox and am trying to create a virtual machine with OpenSUSE. But i get an error talking about the hardware acceleration. I have an image with the error message below. Any help would be appreciated.

Post by **vbox4me2** » 11. Apr 2009, 23:33

What about doing what the message is telling you?

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 11. Apr 2009, 23:42

i dont know what it means or how to do it.

http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ · Post by **stefan.becker** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:00

Look into the Bios of your Computer for an option like vt.

That is exact what the message says.

Post by **Perryg** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:02

Do you have a 64 bit computer with supporting BIOS and hyper-threading?
It appears to not be working properly. You will need to get the 32 bit version of the OS if your computer can not do 64.

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:09

I do have a 64bit computer.. I dont know about hyper-threading..

Post by **Perryg** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:31

Is you Vista 64 bit or 32?

Give me the make and model of the CPU so we can see. You can look at the BIOS of the PC to see if you can find where to turn on visualization. If you can not find it then the BIOS does not support it even if you have the Processor that does. You can sometimes get an update to the BIOS to enable it if the vendor provides it.

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:36

Vista 64bit

And I have a HP Pavillion dv5-1166us laptop That has a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHZ

Post by **Perryg** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:55

Poeticsoul44 wrote:Vista 64bit

And I have a HP Pavillion dv5-1166us laptop

Right, so type system information in the start search of Vista and open system information. Send me the information for the processor.

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 12. Apr 2009, 00:58

sorry..i edited my post above that has the processor. But here it is Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHZ

Post by **Perryg** » 12. Apr 2009, 01:10

This should work. Did you setup the VBox GUI to enable vt-x/amd-V and nested pages? It's under the general / advanced settings.
You still need to check and make sure that it is turned on in the BIOS, but I bet it is.

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 12. Apr 2009, 01:13

I checked the BIOS and i dont see anything regarding it. And in vbox it is enabled.

Post by **Perryg** » 12. Apr 2009, 01:15

Ah there is your problem. Go to HP.com and see about a BIOS update.

Poeticsoul44 · Post by **Poeticsoul44** » 12. Apr 2009, 02:06

Thanks. It worked..

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HP Pavillion dv5-1166us - BIOS update needed for 64bit

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