CPU not supported

[banhien]

Hi,

I'm new in this forum. I'm trying to install 64bit on my XPS M1730 (T7700 processor) as a Guest machine under VMWare but getting this (please see attached image)

Has anyone installed 64bit under VMWare yet ?

Regards,
BH

 

[clifford_cooley]

Have you tried to intall the 32 bit version of windows 7

 

[clifford_cooley]

Welcome to the site:ciao: banhien
Have you tried downloading the latest updates for your laptop

You can find them here
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=XPS_1730&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

 

[clifford_cooley]

Installing a 64-bit O/S onto a system is not the same as being able to run a 64-bit VM. I have a Dell PE1850 that has a Xeon processor in it (with an 800 MHz FSB) that is a 64-bit processor. I can install the 64-bit version of Windows, but I cannot run 64-bit VMs on it because the chip does not have VT. Your processor MUST have VT capability and have it enabled in order to run 64-bit VMs

found this here http://communities.vmware.com/message/1030203

 

[banhien]

Thanks everyone - I 'm running latest BIOS from Dell (A10) and few other things. Probably something to do with VT. I've got no problem with Win7RC 32bit as a Guest machine.

Regards,
BH

 

[Kougar]

Sounds like a problem with the virtual machine software to me, that CPU does support EM64T. Are you sure you are using a 64bit capable version of VMware, and that you also created a 64bit virtual machine environment before installing the 64bit OS? That's all I can think of.

I run W7 as 64bit-natively, and have had no trouble running the 64-bit of Ubuntu inside it using VMware server.

 

[banhien]

.... Are you sure you are using a 64bit capable version of VMware, ....

Hi,

Thanks - VMWare has been supporting 64bit OS from 2004 as Guest machine. It looks like the problem is with the hardware/BIOS as mentioned in this:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=1901

My laptop uses Intel EM64T CPU but the latest BIOS from Dell does not support VT. I have to live with 32bit then.

Regards,
BH

 

[BetaMan]

Glad you got that all sorted out, I love to see problems solved here. Also, welcome to Le Forums! :ciao:

 

[banhien]

Hi all,

Many thanks for your suggestions - The Dell XPS M1730 laptops have VT off as default, users can turn it on from

POST Behavior -> Virtualization

And bingo, I now have Win7RC 64bit as my third Guest under Vista host.

BH

 

[clifford_cooley]

Thanks for posting back with the fix to your problem - Now everyone else might can save alittle time with theirs