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Troubleshooting VT-x not available

Posted: 28. Sep 2020, 10:44
by TortillaChips
All,

I read a lot about VT-x (and the FAQs here), and spent 2 days trying to get VBox running, but still no solution so far. The details:

Dell Precision 5550 with Intel Core i7-10850H with latest firmware updates (from Dell)
Windows 10 (1809)
Hyper-V is disabled
Windows Hypervisor Platform is enabled
Virtual Machine Platform disabled (made no difference when it was enabled)
Windows Sandbox is not present at all in the "feature list", so I assume it's not running/disabled.
VT-x and VT-d are both enabled in the BIOS settings
Memory integrity: off

It's a fresh Windows installation with Malwarebytes and SentinelOne security tools (no idea if those tools could block the VT-x interface).

I've created a new 64bit Linux VM with Virtualbox 6.1.14. The creation worked fine, also in the settings it shows "Acceleration: VT-x/AMD-V, Nested Paging, KVM Paravirtualization". However, when starting the VM, it shows the green turtle icon and says: "native API, nested paging: inactive, unrestricted execution: inactive".

Is it possible to see what application is blocking the VT-x access?

Any help is welcome!

Thank you

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00:00:02.198207 NEM: cMappedPagesMaxBeforeUnmap=0
00:00:02.198266 HM: HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM: VT-x is not available
00:00:02.211571 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeHypervisorPresent is TRUE, so this might work...
00:00:02.211577 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeExtendedVmExits      = 0x0000000000000007
00:00:02.211580 NEM:                       fExtendedMsrExit: 1
00:00:02.211583 NEM:                     fExtendedCpuIdExit: 1
00:00:02.211585 NEM:                      fExtendedXcptExit: 1
00:00:02.211588 NEM: Warning! Unknown feature definitions: 0x1f
00:00:02.211601 NEM: Supported exception exit bitmap: 0x1
00:00:02.211612 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeProcessorVendor      = 1 - Intel
00:00:02.211623 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeProcessorFeatures    = 0x001978cfe7f7859f
00:00:02.211627 NEM:                            Sse3Support: 1
00:00:02.211629 NEM:                        LahfSahfSupport: 1
00:00:02.211632 NEM:                           Ssse3Support: 1
00:00:02.211634 NEM:                          Sse4_1Support: 1
00:00:02.211636 NEM:                          Sse4_2Support: 1
00:00:02.211638 NEM:                           Sse4aSupport: 0
00:00:02.211641 NEM:                             XopSupport: 0
00:00:02.211643 NEM:                          PopCntSupport: 1
00:00:02.211645 NEM:                      Cmpxchg16bSupport: 1
00:00:02.211647 NEM:                       Altmovcr8Support: 0
00:00:02.211650 NEM:                           LzcntSupport: 1
00:00:02.211652 NEM:                     MisAlignSseSupport: 0
00:00:02.211654 NEM:                          MmxExtSupport: 0
00:00:02.211657 NEM:                        Amd3DNowSupport: 0
00:00:02.211659 NEM:                ExtendedAmd3DNowSupport: 0
00:00:02.211662 NEM:                         Page1GbSupport: 1
00:00:02.211664 NEM:                             AesSupport: 1
00:00:02.211667 NEM:                       PclmulqdqSupport: 1
00:00:02.211669 NEM:                            PcidSupport: 1
00:00:02.211671 NEM:                            Fma4Support: 0
00:00:02.211674 NEM:                            F16CSupport: 1
00:00:02.211676 NEM:                          RdRandSupport: 1
00:00:02.211678 NEM:                        RdWrFsGsSupport: 1
00:00:02.211680 NEM:                            SmepSupport: 1
00:00:02.211683 NEM:              EnhancedFastStringSupport: 1
00:00:02.211685 NEM:                            Bmi1Support: 1
00:00:02.211687 NEM:                            Bmi2Support: 1
00:00:02.211690 NEM:                           MovbeSupport: 1
00:00:02.211692 NEM:                          Npiep1Support: 1
00:00:02.211694 NEM:                   DepX87FPUSaveSupport: 1
00:00:02.211696 NEM:                          RdSeedSupport: 1
00:00:02.211698 NEM:                             AdxSupport: 1
00:00:02.211701 NEM:                   IntelPrefetchSupport: 1
00:00:02.211703 NEM:                            SmapSupport: 1
00:00:02.211707 NEM:                             HleSupport: 0
00:00:02.211710 NEM:                             RtmSupport: 0
00:00:02.211712 NEM:                          RdtscpSupport: 1
00:00:02.211715 NEM:                      ClflushoptSupport: 1
00:00:02.211717 NEM:                            ClwbSupport: 0
00:00:02.211719 NEM:                             ShaSupport: 0
00:00:02.211721 NEM:                X87PointersSavedSupport: 0
00:00:02.211724 NEM: Warning! Unknown CPU features: 0x1978cfe7f7859f
00:00:02.211736 NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeProcessorClFlushSize = 2^8
00:00:02.211979 NEM: Warning! Unknown capability 0x1003 returning: 3f 38 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:00:02.212429 NEM: VidGetHvPartitionId            -> fun:0x2210a7 in:0x0 out:0x8
00:00:02.212433 NEM: VidStartVirtualProcessor       -> fun:0x22116c in:0x4 out:0x0
00:00:02.212436 NEM: VidStopVirtualProcessor        -> fun:0x221178 in:0x4 out:0x0
00:00:02.212439 NEM: VidMessageSlotHandleAndGetNext -> fun:0x2210d7 in:0x8 out:0x0
00:00:02.212497 NEM: Created partition 00000000016e6660.
00:00:02.212502 NEM: Adjusting APIC configuration from X2APIC to APIC max mode.  X2APIC is not supported by the WinHvPlatform API!
00:00:02.212505 NEM: Disable Hyper-V if you need X2APIC for your guests!
00:00:02.212633 NEM: NEMR3Init: Active.
00:00:02.212639 MM: cbHyperHeap=0x280000 (2621440)
00:00:02.215014 CPUM: No hardware-virtualization capability detected

Re: Troubleshooting VT-x not available

Posted: 28. Sep 2020, 11:35
by mpack
You have Hyper-v enabled. I'm going to lock this topic since I've had this conversation 1000 times already, they should be easy to find.

Related FAQ: I have a 64bit host, but can't install 64bit guests, posts #2 and #3.