Intel Processor ID utility shows Xeon 5130 as not VT?

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On my HP xw6400 with Xeon 5130 the Intel Processor ID Utility shows the processors as

Virtual Technology No

I have the latest BIOS, 2.38, and VT is enabled in the BIOS

What am I missing here?

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Techspec's shows that the cpu has vt-x

http://ark.intel.com/products/27216/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5130-(4M-Cache-2_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB http://ark.intel.com/products/27216/Intel-Xeon-Processor-5130-(4M-Cache-2_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB)

So it should support it.

Snoop around in your bios to see if there is not a other option hidden somewhere.

These HP biosses are a crime to understand sometimes.

Also i would take a look @ this :http://communities.vmware.com/message/705601 http://communities.vmware.com/message/705601

if its still not working i would contact hp about this.

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Hi Nessuno

Thanks for that.

Yes I looked everywhere in BIOS, but found no more hidden Options - its a fairly new (compared with the age of the xw6400!) BIOS ( 12/2010 ) and has a VT Enable so I expected it to work.....

But I think I may have stumbled on the answer, which I record below in case anyone else hits the problem....

I should have given more info in the original mail - the workstation/server is running W2008 AND HYPER-V - I believe this combination disrupst both the Intel Processor ID utility and the 'old' VMware 64 bit Compatability check, because they were both working under an o/s that has virtualisation already enabled....

So once I found the vmware cpu identification utility at http://www.vmware.com/uk/support/shared_utilities.html http://www.vmware.com/uk/support/shared_utilities.html which is an iso and does not run under Windows etc. - it gave the correct answers.

Moral of the story - don't try and mix your virtrualisations.

Hope that helps.