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'Upgrading' CPU to enable virtualization
Well, I did search the forum for some other posts on this, but some say also replacing the mobo's necessary, other posts don't say that.
I've got a yr old Pavilion with Intel Core2 Duo CPU P7350@2GHz 2 Core Logical Processor(s). Intel's website doesn't quite list this anywhere on their website, instead it lists one as Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P7350 (3M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) which of course is NOT capable of virtualization (which's a prime reason I installed W7).
As for "processors", I thought I did my homework, because I thought 'the processor' was the CPU (and I'm guessing most laptops and desktops have only one CPU, no, or am I off on a tangent)?
'Neverthemore', does anyone know if it's feasible to simply upgrade the 'processor(s)' to one that's capable of virtualization?
FYIO - The machine was running Vista (until clean installing W7 Pro's System Builders Pack, again 32-bit).
Lastly, since the HP laptop's latest current BIOS is their F55 and doesn't list a 'configuration' setting for "enable virtualization", apparently another BIOS would be in order, once the 'processor(s)' is upgraded, so dose any know if the BIOS must be an HP one and/or how one gets a BIOS that affords the "enable virtualization' setting?
Last edited by wguru; 05 Mar 2010 at 03:12. Reason: 20-20 hindsight