Joy Chen
VirtualBox Instructions
(10:42:17 PM) aculich: Here is the spec sheet on your computer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c02845383
(10:42:34 PM) aculich: it shows that your microprocessor is: 2.10 GHz 2nd generation Intel Core i3-2310M Processor
(10:42:47 PM) aculich: the key here is the processor model: i3-2310M
(10:43:20 PM) aculich: searching in google for that model number and the term "VT-x"
from the error message you received....
(10:43:31 PM) aculich: yields this: http://ark.intel.com/products/52220
10:44:04 PM) aculich: it shows that the VT-x instruction is supported in hardware for your chip
(10:45:26 PM) aculich: searching for "enable vt-x bios HP Pavilion" yields...
(10:45:49 PM) aculich: these instructions for the HP dv6
(which is probably close enough to your dm4):
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Questions/HP-Pavilion-dv6-enabling-VT-x-in-BIOS/td-p/656627
(10:47:36 PM) aculich: do you know how to get into the bios of your computer?
(10:47:50 PM) joyqchen1: I do not :/
(10:48:31 PM) aculich: you will have to reboot your computer to get into it
(10:48:52 PM) aculich: you should be able to google for how to get into the bios for your specific hp pavilion model
(10:49:14 PM) aculich: if you have any trouble, please keep notes of what the stumbling blocks are and let me know
Due September 03, 2013