Acer Aspire V5-122p Enable SVM How-To

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  1. myclock

    myclock MDL Novice

    Dec 7, 2013
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    Hi people

    Can't get it to work with my V5-552G. This is the hex dump:
    00000000 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |................|
    00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    *
    00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 |................|
    00000040 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 01 00 00 |................|
    00000050 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000060 00 00 00 00 03 00 02 00 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000070 00 01 01 00 01 01 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 02 00 01 |................|
    00000080 00 01 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000090 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 03 01 80 02 07 00 |................|
    000000a0 00 18 91 01 00 18 90 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 |................|
    000000b0 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |................|
    000000c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    *
    000000e0 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 |................|
    000000f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 01 00 00 00 ff 01 |................|
    00000100 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 01 01 |................|
    00000120 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 |................|
    00000140 00 00 00 00 64 02 01 01 01 00 01 01 01 01 01 00 |....d...........|
    00000150 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 01 01 03 02 00 00 04 03 |................|
    00000160 02 02 00 00 04 03 02 00 00 00 04 02 02 00 00 00 |................|
    00000170 04 02 02 00 00 00 04 03 02 00 00 00 04 03 02 02 |................|
    00000180 01 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    00000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    *
    000001d0 00 00 01 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    *
    00000210 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |................|
    00000220 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
    *
    0000027b

    How can I identify parts like advanced settings and all this? I can barely find any information

    Thanks
     
  2. LuZBelitox

    LuZBelitox MDL Novice

    Jun 25, 2016
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    Modify the Setup- a04a27f4 - df00-4d42 - b552-39411302113d file but when I pulled replace the following error >
    root @ ubuntu : ~ # cp / home / gustavo / Desktop / Setup- a04a27f4 - df00-4d42 - b552- 39411302113d / sys / firmware / efi / efivars / Setup- a04a27f4 - df00-4d42 - b552-39411302113d
    cp : can not create a regular file ' / sys / firmware / efi / efivars / Setup- a04a27f4 - df00-4d42 - b552-39411302113d ' : Permission denied
    Any ideas
     
  3. LuZBelitox

    LuZBelitox MDL Novice

    Jun 25, 2016
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    I could already change the file with another linux distro but does not make me any change in the bios ... check the file to see if the change was made correctly and that was it . I made 3 downgrade the bios and nothing : /
     
  4. LuZBelitox

    LuZBelitox MDL Novice

    Jun 25, 2016
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    I could .... XD error was that mine was different file name was Setup- a04a27f4 - df00-4d42 - b552-39 "5" 11302113d not " 4"
     
  5. Joe61

    Joe61 MDL Novice

    Jan 29, 2017
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    Thanks very much!!

    I bought an Aspire v5 122p about a week ago and ran into the same problem with no access to the bios virtualization flag. I searched the internet for about three days until I found your post. Just ran through all the steps tonight, powered off then powered on and sure enough, I now can do 64bit virtualization in Virtualbox!! One very importand addition I had to do however, I couldn't save the efivar file, got permission denied. So I ran

    chattr -i Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39411302113d

    to remove the immutable flag on the file. Then I was able to edit and save the file with ghex. Also, if anyone is having trouble finding ghex, you need to add the universe repository to your ubuntu apt configuration.

    Thanks very much for sharing this, it's still helping out Acer 'virtualization victims' !! :clap:
     
  6. darks63

    darks63 MDL Novice

    Jul 18, 2017
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    Sir, i have problem the last step. Copying the hex dump from terminal to ghex and save it to the bios. Maybe show in video... thank you. Now i using debian 9.0 to
     
  7. D.Jay Alex

    D.Jay Alex MDL Novice

    Nov 10, 2018
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    Thanks a lot for the guide.

    I have a solution for the two problems

    1. Booting Ubuntu Live CD in UEFI Mode
    Use RUFUS software in windows and burn Ubuntu image with GPT Option (Not MBR)
    Go to BIOS & Change to UEFI Boot, Then Change boot device list and make USB FHD in position 1

    2. Error while replacing Setup-xxxxx file
    To avoid permission errors while copying back Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d file, change its properties first using the command

    chattr -i /sys/firmware/efi/fivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d

    then

    copy modified file using command below

    e.g. mine was at desktop.. Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d
    so i typed
    cd Desktop
    cp -f Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d /sys/firmware/efi/fivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d enter

    Restore files attributes by

    chattr +i /sys/firmware/efi/fivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d

    Restart & Enjoy
     
  8. mageia

    mageia MDL Novice

    Mar 31, 2020
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    Hey, guys,
    When I type
    /sys/firmware/efi/efivars -t efivarfs

    the computer sends me back invalid argumento_O

    My laptop os also an acer v5-122p yet.
    Please would you help me.
     
  9. Anson Tabur

    Anson Tabur MDL Novice

    Apr 18, 2020
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  10. ospfarea51

    ospfarea51 MDL Novice

    Dec 15, 2020
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    #51 ospfarea51, Dec 16, 2020
    Last edited: Dec 16, 2020
    Hi.
    I'm trying to complete this process on my acer aspire v5 122p-0468. I'm using Linux Mint 20 on a live usb stick.

    Here I've posted the commands I've used leading up to the error. (Note my efi settings were auto mounted on boot)

    1. root@mint:/home/mint# hexdump -C /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d >/home/mint/modded_efi_setup

    2. root@mint:/home/mint# vi /home/mint/modded_efi_setup (Note I used vi to edit the 5th svm bit from 00 to 01 in the 000000f0 section)

    3. root@mint:/home/mint# lsattr /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d
    ----i--------------- /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d

    4. root@mint:/home/mint# chattr -i /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d

    5. root@mint:/home/mint# lsattr /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d
    -------------------- /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d

    6. root@mint:/home/mint# cp modded_efi_setup /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d
    cp: error writing '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/Setup-a04a27f4-df00-4d42-b552-39511302113d': Invalid argument

    Thanks for any help.
     
  11. mikrostart

    mikrostart MDL Novice

    Feb 26, 2023
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    #54 mikrostart, Feb 26, 2023
    Last edited: Feb 26, 2023
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