Intel VT Virtualization support in D620?

Question

I work for a large computer software company. As a corporate standard for laptop hardware, or company issues the Dell Latitude D620. For distribution of demonstration environments to our sales and service personnel, we use Microsoft Virtual PC. I recently installed the 2007 version of this software which introduces support for Intel VT virtualization technology. According to Intel, the Core Duo processor in the laptop supports this technology. I was quite distraught when Virtual PC informed me, however, that 'Hardware-assisted virtualization is not available on this computer.' I searched the BIOS options, but found no option to enable this processor feature.   Searching these forums, it would seem that in a rush to be the first to market with new processors, Dell has neglected to keep up in the BIOS department, and as a result has been releasing systems that do not take full advantage of newer processor features. While I understand Dell's position that on systems like the XPS, Virtualization support would not be a heavily utilized feature among that user base, the Latitude D620 is quite a different story.   Virtualization Technology is definitely a business oriented feature. Many large corporations have standardized on the Latitude D620. It is unacceptable that this support is missing. When will a new BIOS be made available that enables this support?   op

Rijko · Answer

please do not cross-post the same thing to multiple boards, thanks.

opilion · Answer

I apologize for the cross posting. After posting in the BIOS forum, i realized that perhaps Gerneral Hardware would be a more frequently visited forum. Do you have any

dssdbs · Answer

It's in the BIOS Setup on the Latitude D620 I'm currently using A05 It's under POST Behavior -> Virtualization

Botrax · Answer

I have A05 bios on D620 with T2300 chip. I do not see this option.

dssdbs · Answer

you probably have the T2300E as mentioned in this post: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=39441&jump=true

Botrax · Answer

Doh! That s. Vmware still runs quite good on this machine, however.

ukcommando · Answer

Many years later, I was very grateful to find this info as I'd completely missed where to look for the virtualisation option on my D620 workhorse.....

ejn63 · Answer

If your system has a CPU that supports virtualization, it will be in BIOS setup (F2 at powerup).  If you do not see the option, your CPU does not support virtualization.

Locked Topics – Laptops General

Was this post helpful?