Question Issue with enabling Virtualization VT on Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH

[ketrab]

Hi,

I'm in need to spin up vm on my desktop using vm workstation 12 pro.

I am getting a VT-x is disabled error when starting up the VM.
https://ibb.co/mckCDtR

I have double check in bios that VT is enabled and as the error message says disable "trusted execution"
https://ibb.co/qxP0Njj

MOBO is running on the newest available firmware version F10B

Windows 10 64bit with i7-3770K (which supports VT-x)
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...-3770k-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz.html

Anybody got any ideas what else can I try?

As a last resort I've tried to put bios to default settings but still without luck.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

PS. Update - Task manager shows Virtualization disabled for some reasons. So I'm not sure if there is a firmware bug on mb or win10 combination?
https://ibb.co/ckKXwQb

 

[ketrab]

I've also followed the instruction on how to disable hyper-v without luck. Check it out in case it works for you.
https://superuser.com/questions/1153470/vt-x-is-not-available-but-is-enabled-in-bios


There are three common culprits for the type of error the user is seeing:

• VT-x is not enabled in the BIOS
• The CPU doesn't support VT-x
• Hyper-V virtualization is enabled in Windows

Since the user already eliminated the first two possible culprits, the next step is to open a command prompt as administrator and run the following command:

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V


Lastly, I've downgraded my firmware(from 10b beta to f9) and virtualization started to show enabled. So had to be some firmware issue.