Kernel panic when trying to install Ubuntu 23.04 on AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Computer Hardware & Server Infrastructure Builds
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Just bought a new Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop (AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS, 8-core/16-thread, 16 GB DDR-4800 RAM, Win11 Home).

I’m trying to install Ubuntu 23.04 in VirtualBox 7.06 and it is resulting in a kernel panic when it tries to boot the Ubuntu ISO.

How do I workaround this?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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You might try to update the bios to the latest version and make sure you have the virtualization setting enabled in the bios.

3

Try turning off Secure Boot in the BIOS.

4

BIOS has already been updated and it is confirmed that SVM is enabled.

I’m not sure if the laptop BIOS lets me do that.

(And/or if that would create/cause problems with the Windows 11 install that came with said laptop.)

5

Good point. If you have BitLocker enabled you need to make sure you have your recovery code available (either saved to your Microsoft account, saved to a file available outside of the workstation or printed out).

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I have disabled BitLocker.

But right now, this is basically the issue that I am seeing:

Issues with Ubuntu VM on VirtualBox (7.0.10) inside Windows 11 on minisforum 7940hs based UM790 Pro

with three notable differences:

  1. I’m using an Asus TUF Gaming A17 laptop instead of a Minisforum mini PC (same CPU though)

  2. Said laptop has a RTX 4050 inside it as well, whereas the Minisforum mini PC doesn’t.

  3. I was using Virtualbox 7.06, but the issue remains the same (i.e. I still get this kernel panic).

Thanks.