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windows 8 in oracle vitualbox

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i've tried to install the 64 bit version of windows 8 on a virtual machine but it says the processor doesn't support 64 bit virtual os. so i checked if i got vt-x on my processor. i have a i5 3210M and it has vt-x but if i look in the bios of my laptop there isn't an option to turn vt-x on. how can i turn it on?

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i've tried to install the 64 bit version of windows 8 on a virtual machine but it says the processor doesn't support 64 bit virtual os. so i checked if i got vt-x on my processor. i have a i5 3210M and it has vt-x but if i look in the bios of my laptop there isn't an option to turn vt-x on. how can i turn it on?

The only option is to enable it in the BIOS.  Have you checked EVERY menu? What BIOS do you have?

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The only option is to enable it in the BIOS.  Have you checked EVERY menu? What BIOS do you have?

i really have no idea which bios i have. it looks very very simple. i got an acer v3-571G laptop. i have checked every menu( only 2 but still)

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case: Corsair obsidian 750D   mobo: Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming   cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x   cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240   memory: G.skill 32GB DDR4-3000   gpu: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3  PSU: seasonic X-series 850W

 

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i really have no idea which bios i have. it looks very very simple. i got an acer v3-571G laptop. i have checked every menu( only 2 but still)

Hmm ..

 

It seems to be a problem with that laptop. I found another thread here: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/7033-Insyde-bios-mod-requests/page1421 of somebody asking for a BIOS mod to enable that option.

 

Maybe contact Acer and see if there is a BIOS update? I cant find any updates listed on their driver page for your model laptop.

 

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

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Hmm ..

 

It seems to be a problem with that laptop. I found another thread here: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/7033-Insyde-bios-mod-requests/page1421 of somebody asking for a BIOS mod to enable that option.

 

Maybe contact Acer and see if there is a BIOS update? I cant find any updates listed on their driver page for your model laptop.

 

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

i have a 2.x version of the bios. that version can't be modified. is there any other way to enable the vt-x?

current rig (march 2023)

case: Corsair obsidian 750D   mobo: Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming   cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x   cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240   memory: G.skill 32GB DDR4-3000   gpu: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3  PSU: seasonic X-series 850W

 

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As far as I know you can only do it through the BIOS.

dang it. do you know how to check if its turned on in cmd?

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case: Corsair obsidian 750D   mobo: Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming   cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x   cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240   memory: G.skill 32GB DDR4-3000   gpu: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3  PSU: seasonic X-series 850W

 

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dang it. do you know how to check if its turned on in cmd?

Im not sure of a way to do that.

 

 

Have you tried removing Hyper-V?

 

Do it through the Add/remove features to windows. That might fix it.

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http://gyazo.com/aa59ad2726af5c939f0615acc33db7ba

 

i can't find it.

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case: Corsair obsidian 750D   mobo: Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming   cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x   cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240   memory: G.skill 32GB DDR4-3000   gpu: EVGA RTX 3070 XC3  PSU: seasonic X-series 850W

 

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i've tried to install the 64 bit version of windows 8 on a virtual machine but it says the processor doesn't support 64 bit virtual os. so i checked if i got vt-x on my processor. i have a i5 3210M and it has vt-x but if i look in the bios of my laptop there isn't an option to turn vt-x on. how can i turn it on?

 

In the Operating System version in the virtual machine settings of VirtualBox you need to set it to Windows 8 (x64).

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