Unable to run virtualmachine - vbox amd-v
I just received my new Thinkpad E545 and would love to set up a new virtual machine for development. After creating the appliance and adding the #! iso for installation, I tried to start up the machine and I get the following error:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine CrunchBang.
AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS (or by the host OS). (VERR_SVM_DISABLED).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6}
I did some searching and found this thread (https://askubuntu.com/questions/118006/amd-v-is-not-enable-in-virtualbox-in-amd-apu) and followed the advice about enabling virtualization in my bios, but I still get the same results from virtualbox, even after re-installing. After enabling virtualization in the bios, the acceleration tab in vbox is still not available (greyed-out and un-clickable).
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/ev3Ty53.png
Relevant laptop specs:
Processor AMD A10-5750M Accelerated Processor (2.5GHz to 3.5GHz, 4MB Cache, 1600MHz) with Radeon HD 8650G Graphics
Operating System Windows 8 64
Operating System Language Windows 8 64 English
Display 15.6W HD AntiGlare, Midnight Black
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8570M 2GB Discrete Graphics
Memory 16GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600MHz SODIMM
Keyboard Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
Camera 720p HD Camera
Hard Drive 320GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
Optical Device DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer
Answer
Sorry, that I am so late, but at least someone else will be able to use my advice.
In the latest version of BIOS for this model (have the same one) they mixed up the setting: ENABLING amd-v DISABLES it.
Or this could be some bug of VirtualBox as stated above, however this worked for me.