Enable VT-X in V Nitro

Psiquetp

Hi,

I bought an Aspire VN7-792G and I got into a bad surprise when I found that I can't use VMWare to run any type of VM... while debugging I find out that VT-X was disabled. Unfortunately there is no visible option in BIOS to enable it.

Please, any advise will be quite welcomed.

Thank you!
Chuck

IronFly

Most of recent Acer laptop models support both Hyper-V and VT-x* (not AMD CPU models), they are both enabled even if those options are hidden on BIOS.

If your laptop has an Intel CPU, you can check if you CPU/system supports virtualization instructions, using Intel Processor Identification Utility:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838

If your laptop has an AMD CPU, AMD-V is disabled by default on BIOS and can't be enabled.

Devices using Windows 10 Home will need to upgrade home to Windows 10 Professional or Enterprise to use Hyper-V. Windows 10 requirements can be found here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyperv_on_windows/quick_start/walkthrough_compatibility

* If Hyper-V is ON, VT-x will not be available; Hyper-V must be OFF to have VT-x recognised by virtual machines.

Turn OFF Hyper-V

Method 1

Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)

type

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

exit

Reboot your OS

or

Method 2

Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Programs and Features -> click Turn Windows features on or off -> un-check Hyper-V -> click OK

Turn ON Hyper-V

Open a Command prompt with administrative rights (Admin)

type

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

exit

Reboot your OS

 

Acer provides related information in this FAQ: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32650