I got this error when trying to start QS1.0

VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will not be able to boot. Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS of your host computer.

So I used SQ1.0-i386 instead, and it started fine. I read about this error. Some suggestions included making changes in the BIOS. Since is is a ready-made laptop, I was hesitant to mess with BIOS settings.

I thought this information might be handy to anyone searching quickstart issues.

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jurriaanroelofs’s picture

jurriaanroelofs commented

I had the same problem on my 64bit laptop. Luckily HP probook has a very nice BIOS interface and I quickly found the cpu virtualization option. When I enabled it the vbox worked correctly after shutdown & restart of the laptop.

MichaelCole’s picture

MichaelCole commented

In the big picture of things, changing this BIOS setting is pretty low-risk.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.