have a SONY VAIO VGN-FW51JF laptop, which originally have Core 2 Duo P7450 CPU installed, which comes without VT-X extensions.
Apparently P7x50 CPU series with disabled VT-X were created for large customers like SONY, to reduce ambiguities related to series of notebooks with CPUs with VT extensions available but without an option to enable them in BIOS - all because better bulk price agreements with Intel require OEMs to disable VT extensions.
To the point - today I upgraded to P8700 and the CPU was bought in a retail box package so SONY agreements should not affect capabilities of my CPU. I know now my machine is not supported, at least by SONY servicing network/partners.
What options do I have to enable VT-X of my CPU? Is there any BIOS available to download for upgraded hardware or different series of VAIO laptops ?
It seems problems with lack of virtualization in VAIO are quite common, yet I hope there are some official solutions out there other than hacking a BIOS in some way, like using levicki's patch.
Is there any NVRAM setting which activates BIOS options, offset and value would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
