Bios VT-X Looked? But Why

Why is this the Advanced menu locked?

Its a bit like going for a meal and only getting half the menu!. If your looking to buy acer of any kind for ANDROID or VM's don't because the bios for the VT-x Virtualization is locked:

Now for the google word search engine; VT-X / Acer / Bios locked / Android / VBox / VMplayer / virtualbox / P256 / V5 /E5 /HAM

Right, I have a P256 with z5wah bios and the processor comes with VT-X, yet when i try to install HAM (hardware Accelerated Execution Manager) for Android work it says it's not enabled. So like most people i it F2 and go to check, but guess what its not there. . okay i'll update. . still not there after a look around, i pull the bin

its enabled?

0x4C50D            Setting: Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology, Variable: 0x1A7 {05 91 2A 04 2B 04 64 20 34 12 A7 01 04 10 00 01 00}
0x4C51E                Option: Enabled, Value: 0x1 (default) {09 07 24 00 10 00 01}
0x4C525                Option: Disabled, Value: 0x0 {09 07 23 00 00 00 00}
0x4C52C            End of Options {29 02}

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-Justin

Wibell,

I'd like to look into this for you to see what I can find out, what is the specific model unit you are referring to?

Wibell

TMP256-M-55M, but the bios version is in two ther acers

-Justin

Wibell,

Thanks. I've looked through the documentation and do not see an Advanced section, can you please post a picture of your BIOS (black out the serial number please) so I can check into this?

Wibell

As you can see, no options for advanced VT-X which for VM or android work rules out all acers because it is locked.

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-Justin

Wibell,

Thanks for the update. It looks like the processors that come installed in those systems would support it. Most likely there would have to be a BIOS released for that specific model to unlock it. I'll send a message to research this for you to see if there is anything that can be done for it.