Does the v1.20 BIOS for Aspire A4733Z support Virtualization?

I'd like to try to run Oracle's VirtualBox on an Aspire A4743Z running Windows-10, 64-bit Home Edition. I have installed it and created a VM, but when I try to 'start' the VM, VirtualBox errors out, reporting "Not in a hypervisor partition (HVP=0) (VERR_NEM_NOT_AVAILABLE)." Further research indicates that I should use BIOS setup to enable virtualization. But the v1.04 BIOS on my machine does not provide such an option. I found a BIOS upgrade package for BIOS v1.20 on Acer's support downloads page, but it provides no information on either what's in the upgrade or how to install/flash it.

Can anyone provide insight into what's in the v1.20 update? Does it provide support for virtualization? If so, is there written documentation anywhere on Acer's web site indicating how to flash it? I've upgraded BIOS on Dell and HP PCs before, but there appears to be absolutely no documentation on the process for this Aspire. I'm rather hesitant to simply double-click an EXE without some explanation of what to expect and how to know when it's complete.

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JackE

Open Task Manager. Click performance tab. Click CPU. Virtualization should be enabled already if supported.

ChuckW

OK, so Task Manager > Performance reports "Not capable" but, does that mean the hardware in the A4743Z mother board does not provide the capability? Or does it mean that capability is simply not enabled by the BIOS? And, if the latter, is it possible that an updated BIOS can provide an option to allow me to enable the capability that the hardware supports, but which is simply not enabled?

ChuckW

Further research led me to the Intel web site here to download their CPU identification utility. The CPU Technologies section of the report clearly indicates that the CPU in the Acer Aspire A4743Z DOES NOT SUPPORT either Intel Virtualization technology or Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. So that answers my question posed above in reply to @JackE: The Task Manager report of "not capable" means exactly that. No BIOS update will be able to correct the hardware deficiency.

JackE

>>>OK, so Task Manager > Performance reports "Not capable" but, does that mean the hardware in the A4743Z mother board does not provide the capability? >>>

Sorry, yes. It means just what it says.

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