On Sep 20, 2011 5:08 PM, "Jeffery Mewtamer" < mewtamer@gmail.[redacted] > wrote:
> According to the BIOS, my CPU is an Intel Core i7 2600 running at 3.4 Ghz. A
> quick google search brought me to this page:
> http://ark.intel.com/products/52213/Intel-Core-i7-2600-Processor-%288M-Cache-3_40-GHz%29claiming
> that the CPU in question supports VT-x. Still cannot find a
> relevant option in the BIOS.
>
> As for VirtualBox, it forces the acceleration on Virtual Machines configured
> for 64-bit Guest OSes. Switching to 32-bit helps none, as the copy of Win7
> that came with the computer is strictly 64-bit. Beginning to wish I had had
> the forsight to make sure I had a copy of TinyXP either on my external hard
> drive or CD-R before leaving home.
>
> The only thing I need Windows for at the moment is to re-flash my Android
> Phone(a Samsung Acclaim). My first attempt was to run the flashing software
> under Wine, but it stalls when it attempts to communicate with the phone. I
> would hate to have to set-up a dual-boot for a single application.
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Brian Cottingham < spiffytech@gmail.[redacted] >wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if it's complaining about something 64-bit, on virtualization
>> extensions. You can try opening the settings for your VM and going to System
>> -> Acceleration. Uncheck the VT-x/AMD-v box and see if the problem goes
>> away.
>>
>> Virtualbox seems to be shipping with hardware acceleration enabled by
>> default, but many older CPUs (and some newer Intel CPUs) don't support
>> virtualization extensions. If your BIOS doesn't mention VT-x or AMD-v this
>> sounds like the likely problem to me.