On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Trevor Cordes wrote:
Further to the meeting discussion, here's more of my thoughts on lack of VT-d support.
Many of the myriad Intel CPU SKUs lack various misc features (without much rhyme or reason IMHO).
Many CPUs specifically lack VT-d support. Notably, in the i7 line, the "K" suffix CPUs lack VT-d.
See: http://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-%288M-Cach...
look under "advanced technologies" and you'll see VT-d is "No".
I'd check once again on both your invoice and in the BIOS to see if your CPU # ends in a K and/or if your CPU # when looked up on Intel's site has "No" for VT-d.
Trever, you are dead on. The one I have is the 2600K. After our discussion I found http://ark.intel.com/MySearch.aspx?VTD=true which shows which ones are VT-d capable.
It's interesting that the recommended channel price for the i7-2600K is $317 while the i7-2600 with no suffix is $294 and has similiar specs but includes VT-d and TXT.
-Daryl