Wednesday, May 18, 2011

How to check if your AMD processor supports AMD-V

The first thing to do is to look up the specifications on the AMD website.

If this is not possible then look in your system BIOS to see if AMD-V or SVM is an option that you can turn on. It is likely to be disabled by default, and it will not appear if your processor does not support Hardware Virtualization.

However, the fact that SVM does not appear in system BIOS this does not mean that the processor does not support it. It amounts to the same thing as if it is not listed in system BIOS you will have to make a BIOS update to allow it.

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