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I have a Sony Vaio model VGN-FZ35GN for work. By default, the VT support of the Intel Core 2 processor is disabled.
You can verify this with securable.exe from GRC, or if running Linux you can cat /proc/cpuinfo and look for 'vmx'.
My BIOS is a Pheonix based BIOS, with firmware R2110J7.
After having a read of http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=189228&page=5, which says BIOS "VGN-FZ31M R2110J7 reg 02D0".
I took a risk, but as the BIOS version was the same it was reliatively low risk.
Grab a DOS boot disk, download symcmos.exe and put that on the DOS disk. Boot into the DOS on the disk, then run:
A:\>symcmos -v2 -lcmos.sav
A:\>edit cmos.sav
(modify 02D0 from 0000 to 0001 & save)
A:\>symcmos -v2 -ucmos.sav
(reboot)
If you try securable.exe now, assuming the BIOS & hardware still works, you should find that Vanderpool/VT is "Locked ON" :)
Enjoy.
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