How to enable Virtualization VT-X on VAIO Z laptops Finally

[tsthanos]

Hi,
I have bought a Vaio VGN-Z21XN/B laptop. I have installed Windows Server 2008 64-bit on it, but I would like to inform me how to enable Virtualization.
Has anyone tried enabling Virtualization on Z series?
Thank you in advance.

UPDATE- 19th July

How to enable VT-X on a Z laptop
see discussion from post 7# on
Use at your own risk
http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/2...sony-vaio.html

[arth1]

Hi,
I have bought a Vaio VGN-Z21XN/B laptop. I have installed Windows Server 2008 64-bit on it, but I would like to inform me how to enable Virtualization.
Has anyone tried enabling Virtualization on Z series?
Thank you in advance.

There are threads about this, and also info in the Z owner's thread.

In short, no, it can not be done at present. Sony has deliberately disabled this for all VAIO PCs -- probably to simplify support and reduce support costs.

UPDATE: Yes, it can be done now.
You need a USB key formatted with FAT (not exFAT or FAT32). Possibly (untested) an SD or MS card, too.
See top post for more details.

There are instructions for how to hack the Phoenix bios of some of the other Vaio models, but the Z uses EFI instead of a BIOS, and no-one has of yet figured out how to hack the InsydeH2O EFI. So forget virtualization.

(Also, Windows Server 2008 is an odd choice for this laptop. It's nowhere near powerful enough to run Active Directory domain controller and the other server specific services of WS2k8 with any reliability. If your intent was to run Hyper-V on it, my advice is to forget it. The best you can do is VMware without virtualization.)

[FenderP]

BTW, I tried to install Windows Server 2008 R2 which is 64-bit only under VMWare on a Z610Y/B which has Vista Ultimate 64-bit. You get an error both in the VM when trying to install as well as in VMWare itself saying that VT is not enabled so you can't run 64-bit guests ... well, at least Windows Server 2008. I am not trying anything else.

[tsthanos]

Did anyone manage to enable virtualization until now or the limitation at the bios is still a problem?

[FenderP]

It's still not possible. If you need a laptop to support VT, don't get the Z right now.

[tsthanos]

I have already purchased it, that's why I asked on more time..
Thanks anyway!

[sniper_sung]

just follow this guide: http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/

happy enabling VT

Edit: I recommend tsthanos or arth1 put this link to the first row of this thread to make it seen easily by others

[Base]

Is it the same offset for all Zs - Offset: 0x1af?

[SPEEDwithJJ]

just follow this guide: http://feature-enable.blogspot.com/

happy enabling VT

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.

[podam]

Maybe a way to go through the battery drain and disable some options...