I'm having great difficulty in getting virtualbox running. every time
that I try to install an iso it fails and shows this in a pop-up -
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Debian-64.
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface:
IConsole
{872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
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I've had a look at the bios setup and I can't see anywhere that mentions 'vt-x'.
According to dmidecode this is my bios -
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Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 0701
Release Date: 02/28/2017
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 16384 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
APM is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 5.12
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And this is my motherboard -
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Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: PRIME Z270-P
Version: Rev X.0x
Serial Number: 170398734002919
Asset Tag: Default string
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Default string
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0
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How can I enable 'VT-x' then please so that I can run successfully
virtual machines on this box please?
Thanks
Sharon.
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