AES-NI and i7-2630QM

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Hi there, I've been struggling with getting AES-NI enabled on my ASUS G73SW laptop - it does not seem to exist at all.

ASUS refuses to supply an official BIOS to support AES-NI on G73SW, so I've had to resort to modding it myself.

Now, I've successfully set MSR 0x13c to first bit to 1 (instead of default 3) in the BIOS image (dissassembled by phoenixtools) but AES-NI refuses to be enabled - it isn't impossible I've done something wrong.

So, the question is: Are there certain revisions of the i7-2630QM processor that does not have AES-NI?

Your processor detailspage on your site says i7-2630QM supports it, but claims (for example here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/582628-aes-ni-support-truecrypt-sandy-bridge-problem-16.html http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/582628-aes-ni-support-truecrypt-sandy-bridge-problem-16.html ) say that it did not always say so.

In the same thread at that forum a few people claim they have modded BIOS of other computers successfully with i7-2630QM and enabled AES-NI, but I seem to be unable, both using my own edit and another members. Any guesses?

I submit a screendump of Intel Processor ID Utility, CPU-Z and a hexdump of the disassembled BIOS-file for your consideration/validation

Regards

Teazle

[Adolfo_S_Intel2]

Please check the datasheet on page 40 at:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/2nd-gen-core-family-mobile-vol-1-datasheet.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/2nd-gen-core-family-mobile-vol-1-datasheet.html

It states that it does support Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Instruction Set.

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Solution has been found: if the microcode in the BIOS file is not 1A or above, AES-NI is not supported on 2630QM - it has to be updated in order to work, mine was 15.

I have successfully enabled AES-NI on i7-2630QM with a user-modified BIOS for G73SW.