How to enable hardware virtualization on AMD Asus motherboard

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I have an Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard, and an AMD fx-4350 processor. I know you have to go into bios to enable virtualization technology, but i can't find it anywhere. Online it says this processor can support it. Any other examples i've seen from this page only work for intel.

user325622

Posted 2014-05-21T21:05:18.213

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Your question is tagged [tag:windows-xp-mode], a later update removes the requirement for hardware virtualization.

– Scott Chamberlain – 2014-05-21T21:52:37.763

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Did ASUS stop providing documentation for it's products? Oh wait, no it didn't. Thanks, Google! - http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/HelpDesk_Manual

– joeqwerty – 2014-05-22T00:29:42.597

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Enter your firmware setup, set it to Advanced Mode if you haven’t done so already.

The setting is located at: Advanced → CPU Configuration → SVM

Upon saving, the PC may turn off completely and turn back on again, if I remember correctly. This is normal.

This information is, naturally, available in your board’s manual, page 3-15. ;)

Daniel B

Posted 2014-05-21T21:05:18.213

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SVM is a.k.a. AMD-V, as described here: http://superuser.com/questions/272590/enable-amd-v-on-asus-m4a88t-m-with-amd-phenom-ii-x6-1090t

– underscore_d – 2016-04-06T10:57:44.387

For me it was just called "Intel Virtualization" – Paul Woitaschek – 2016-11-09T18:25:07.850

I have tried to follow the steps, but this is what it appears in my advanced tab of the bios https://imgur.com/M4sa027 - Asus VivoBook X505Z

– Mauricio Gracia Gutierrez – 2019-11-01T03:53:19.243

The full question can be found here https://superuser.com/questions/1497988/unable-to-correctly-activate-or-use-virtualization-on-asus-vivobook-x505za-with

– Mauricio Gracia Gutierrez – 2019-11-01T05:15:01.817

1@user325622: Please select this as the correct answer if it solved your problem. – Daniel B – 2014-05-22T14:17:34.390