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Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 02:57
by jaysonragasa
Hello there!
I have enabled my Virtualization in BIOS setup.
I am using HP Pavilion G6 Core i3 (
Intel® Core™ i3-2350M Processor (3M Cache, 2.30 GHz)) laptop with 8GB of internal memory and I cannot adjust the processor.
Now the guest is like running at 700mhz and it is extremely extremely slow
AND IT'S WASTING A LOT OF MY TIME
Why can't I adjust the processor were I already enabled Virtualization in my BIOS? Is this some sort of a bug?
Thanks,
Jayson
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 02:59
by jaysonragasa
In Intel® Core™ i3-2350M Processor (3M Cache, 2.30 GHz)
specification
it said Virtualization is supported
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:13
by Perryg
Post the guests log file (as an attachment)
See
Online Users Manual for the location of the file.
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:26
by jaysonragasa
Here are the log files in .7z format.
There are 4 logs there am not sure which one is you need
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:33
by jaysonragasa
Why does the CPUID dump looks like it doesn't know my CPU?
Code: Select all
00:00:07.289832 ************************* CPUID dump ************************
00:00:07.289885 RAW Standard CPUIDs
00:00:07.289886 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:07.289892 Gst: 00000000 00000005 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
00:00:07.289898 Hst: 0000000d 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
00:00:07.289905 Gst: 00000001 000206a7 00000800 00000201 078bf3bf
00:00:07.289909 Hst: 000206a7 03100800 9c986383 bfcbfbff
00:00:07.289915 Gst: 00000002 76035a01 00f0b2ff 00000000 00ca0000
00:00:07.289919 Hst: 76035a01 00f0b2ff 00000000 00ca0000
00:00:07.289924 Gst: 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.289927 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.289932 Gst: 00000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.289934 Hst: 1c004121 01c0003f 0000003f 00000000
00:00:07.289939 Gst: 00000005 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.289942 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.289944 Name: GenuineIntel
00:00:07.289947 Supports: 0-5
00:00:07.289949 Family: 6 Extended: 0 Effective: 6
00:00:07.289952 Model: 10 Extended: 2 Effective: 42
00:00:07.289955 Stepping: 7
00:00:07.289957 Type: 0 (primary)
00:00:07.289959 APIC ID: 0x00
00:00:07.289961 Logical CPUs: 0
00:00:07.289962 CLFLUSH Size: 8
00:00:07.289964 Brand ID: 0x00
00:00:07.289980 Mnemonic - Description = guest (host)
00:00:07.289982 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289985 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289987 DE - Debugging extensions = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289988 PSE - Page Size Extension = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289990 TSC - Time Stamp Counter = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289992 MSR - Model Specific Registers = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289994 PAE - Physical Address Extension = 0 (1)
00:00:07.289996 MCE - Machine Check Exception = 1 (1)
00:00:07.289998 CX8 - CMPXCHG8B instruction = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290000 APIC - APIC On-Chip = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290002 10 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290003 SEP - SYSENTER and SYSEXIT = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290005 MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290007 PGE - PTE Global Bit = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290009 MCA - Machine Check Architecture = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290011 CMOV - Conditional Move Instructions = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290013 PAT - Page Attribute Table = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290015 PSE-36 - 36-bit Page Size Extention = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290017 PSN - Processor Serial Number = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290019 CLFSH - CLFLUSH Instruction. = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290020 20 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290022 DS - Debug Store = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290024 ACPI - Thermal Mon. & Soft. Clock Ctrl.= 0 (1)
00:00:07.290026 MMX - Intel MMX Technology = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290028 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290030 SSE - SSE Support = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290032 SSE2 - SSE2 Support = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290033 SS - Self Snoop = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290035 HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290037 TM - Thermal Monitor = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290039 30 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290041 PBE - Pending Break Enable = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290043 Supports SSE3 = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290045 PCLMULQDQ = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290047 DS Area 64-bit layout = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290048 Supports MONITOR/MWAIT = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290050 CPL-DS - CPL Qualified Debug Store = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290053 VMX - Virtual Machine Technology = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290054 SMX - Safer Mode Extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290056 Enhanced SpeedStep Technology = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290058 Terminal Monitor 2 = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290060 Supplemental SSE3 instructions = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290073 L1 Context ID = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290075 11 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290077 FMA extensions using YMM state = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290079 CMPXCHG16B instruction = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290080 xTPR Update Control = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290082 Perf/Debug Capability MSR = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290084 16 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290086 PCID - Process-context identifiers = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290088 DCA - Direct Cache Access = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290090 SSE4.1 instruction extensions = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290092 SSE4.2 instruction extensions = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290094 Supports the x2APIC extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290096 MOVBE instruction = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290098 POPCNT instruction = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290099 TSC-Deadline LAPIC timer mode = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290101 AESNI instruction extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290103 XSAVE/XRSTOR extended state feature = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290105 Supports OSXSAVE = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290107 AVX instruction extensions = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290109 29/30 - Reserved = 0x0 (0x0)
00:00:07.290111 Hypervisor Present (we're a guest) = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290113
00:00:07.290114 RAW Extended CPUIDs
00:00:07.290115 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:07.290120 Gst: 80000000 80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290124 Hst: 80000008 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290129 Gst: 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 08000000
00:00:07.290132 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000001 28100800
00:00:07.290137 Gst: 80000002 20202020 49202020 6c65746e 20295228
00:00:07.290141 Hst: 20202020 49202020 6c65746e 20295228
00:00:07.290146 Gst: 80000003 65726f43 294d5428 2d336920 30353332
00:00:07.290150 Hst: 65726f43 294d5428 2d336920 30353332
00:00:07.290162 Gst: 80000004 5043204d 20402055 30332e32 007a4847
00:00:07.290166 Hst: 5043204d 20402055 30332e32 007a4847
00:00:07.290173 Gst: 80000005 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290177 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290183 Gst: 80000006 00000000 00000000 01006040 00000000
00:00:07.290188 Hst: 00000000 00000000 01006040 00000000
00:00:07.290194 Gst: 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290199 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000100
00:00:07.290206 Gst: 80000008 00003024 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290211 Hst: 00003024 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290218 Gst: 80000009 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*
00:00:07.290223 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290227 Ext Name:
00:00:07.290230 Ext Supports: 0x80000000-0x80000008
00:00:07.290233 Family: 0 Extended: 0 Effective: 0
00:00:07.290236 Model: 0 Extended: 0 Effective: 0
00:00:07.290238 Stepping: 0
00:00:07.290239 Brand ID: 0x000
00:00:07.290243 Mnemonic - Description = guest (host)
00:00:07.290245 FPU - x87 FPU on Chip = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290260 VME - Virtual 8086 Mode Enhancements = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290263 DE - Debugging extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290265 PSE - Page Size Extension = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290267 TSC - Time Stamp Counter = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290269 MSR - K86 Model Specific Registers = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290270 PAE - Physical Address Extension = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290272 MCE - Machine Check Exception = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290274 CX8 - CMPXCHG8B instruction = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290276 APIC - APIC On-Chip = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290278 10 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290280 SEP - SYSCALL and SYSRET = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290282 MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290284 PGE - PTE Global Bit = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290285 MCA - Machine Check Architecture = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290287 CMOV - Conditional Move Instructions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290289 PAT - Page Attribute Table = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290291 PSE-36 - 36-bit Page Size Extention = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290293 18 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290295 19 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290297 NX - No-Execute Page Protection = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290298 DS - Debug Store = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290300 AXMMX - AMD Extensions to MMX Instr. = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290302 MMX - Intel MMX Technology = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290304 FXSR - FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instructions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290306 25 - AMD fast FXSAVE and FXRSTOR Instr.= 0 (0)
00:00:07.290308 26 - 1 GB large page support = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290310 27 - RDTSCP instruction = 1 (1)
00:00:07.290312 28 - Reserved = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290313 29 - AMD Long Mode = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290315 30 - AMD Extensions to 3DNow! = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290317 31 - AMD 3DNow! = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290319 LahfSahf - LAHF/SAHF in 64-bit mode = 0 (1)
00:00:07.290321 CmpLegacy - Core MP legacy mode (depr) = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290323 SVM - AMD VM Extensions = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290325 APIC registers starting at 0x400 = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290327 AltMovCR8 - LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290328 5 - Advanced bit manipulation = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290330 6 - SSE4A instruction support = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290332 7 - Misaligned SSE mode = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290334 8 - PREFETCH and PREFETCHW instruction= 0 (0)
00:00:07.290336 9 - OS visible workaround = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290338 10 - Instruction based sampling = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290340 11 - SSE5 support = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290342 12 - SKINIT, STGI, and DEV support = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290343 13 - Watchdog timer support. = 0 (0)
00:00:07.290345 31:14 - Reserved = 0x0 (0x0)
00:00:07.290348 Full Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30GHz
00:00:07.290350 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries
00:00:07.290353 TLB 2/4M Data: res0 0 entries
00:00:07.290356 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: res0 0 entries
00:00:07.290358 TLB 4K Data: res0 0 entries
00:00:07.290360 L1 Instr Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:07.290362 L1 Instr Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:07.290363 L1 Instr Cache Associativity: res0
00:00:07.290365 L1 Instr Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:07.290367 L1 Data Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:07.290368 L1 Data Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:07.290370 L1 Data Cache Associativity: res0
00:00:07.290371 L1 Data Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:07.290373 L2 TLB 2/4M Instr/Uni: off 0 entries
00:00:07.290375 L2 TLB 2/4M Data: off 0 entries
00:00:07.290378 L2 TLB 4K Instr/Uni: off 0 entries
00:00:07.290380 L2 TLB 4K Data: off 0 entries
00:00:07.290382 L2 Cache Line Size: 0 bytes
00:00:07.290383 L2 Cache Lines Per Tag: 0
00:00:07.290385 L2 Cache Associativity: off
00:00:07.290386 L2 Cache Size: 0 KB
00:00:07.290388 APM Features:
00:00:07.290390 Physical Address Width: 36 bits
00:00:07.290392 Virtual Address Width: 48 bits
00:00:07.290393 Guest Physical Address Width: 0 bits
00:00:07.290395 Physical Core Count: 0
00:00:07.290397
00:00:07.290398 RAW Centaur CPUIDs
00:00:07.290399 Function eax ebx ecx edx
00:00:07.290403 Gst: c0000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290406 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290411 Gst: c0000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*
00:00:07.290414 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290418 Gst: c0000002 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*
00:00:07.290421 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290426 Gst: c0000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000*
00:00:07.290429 Hst: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00:00:07.290432 Centaur Supports: 0xc0000000-0x00000000
00:00:07.290434
00:00:07.290436 ******************** End of CPUID dump **********************
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:35
by Perryg
Code: Select all
00:00:07.290502 HWACCM: No VT-x or AMD-V CPU extension found. Reason VERR_VMX_NO_VMX
VirtualBox can not see the VMX flag. Assuming that you have enabled it in bios then something else has taken control of VT-x.
I see Windows 8 is the Host and it more than likely has Hyper-v. MS takes great pride in taking total control of your PC from you and you need to disable Hyper-v at boot or remove it.
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:49
by jaysonragasa
Probably because I have Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8, Windows Phone 7, 7.1, and 8 SDKs installed? WP8 needs Hyper-V support
do you know any workarounds?
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 21. Feb 2013, 03:51
by Perryg
Tell it to not start at boot. Other than that you can only run 32 bit guests in VirtualBox, and most will be slow.
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 2. Mar 2013, 23:18
by stevmark61
Sorry perryg. I don't want to be a pain, but he quite obviously hasn't activated all his processors...
His Screenshot of the Task Manager proves it. (Mine shows the two processors) :
Maybe I'm right and maybe I'm wrong...
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Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 2. Mar 2013, 23:35
by Perryg
If you have more than one VMX aware hypervisor (or if something else takes control of VMX) then the first one running is the one that has total control over it. Hyper-V starts at boot even if you do not intend to use it. That stops any other virtualizer from using VMX. Which is causing this issue.
Oh and just to be complete here, if you can not assign any more than one processor in the VBox guest settings, you will not have any more than one processor available to the guest.
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 3. Mar 2013, 00:28
by BillG
If you only have two processors there is really no point in allocating more than one to the vm. You still need CPU power to run the host OS.
In fact there is very little point in allocating more than one CPU to a guest no matter how many you have, unless that guest really needs it and the application it is running can take advantage of multiple CPUs. Many applications run slower in the guest if you allocate multiple CPUs. You will find many reports of this happening in these (and of other virtualisers) forums.
Re: Using Core i3 but box sees only 1
Posted: 3. Mar 2013, 06:57
by stevmark61
BillG, I totally agree with you. I'm was just pointing out that in order to give 1 processor to the Guest and keep 1 for the Host you had to activate both of them through msconfig so that you have one spare to give in the first place....