Error in launching AVD with AMD processor

Question

I have Windows 8.1 pro with an AMD processor. I installed the Android SDK and Eclipse. It works but the problem is that when I Create AVD and launch it shows this error:

emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

I have already installed Intel Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager and I have enabled Virtual modulation from the boot menu, but it's still not working.

Answer 1

I faced the same problem recently.

I installed the HAXM installer on your SDK Manager:

And then installed the latest Intel HAXM driver:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-end-user-license-agreement

And voila!!! The emulator works like a charm :)

Answer 2

For Android Studio 1.0.2:

First make sure Intel x86 emulator accelerator is installer. Check it in your SDK Manager. If not, then install it from there.

Go to your Android SDK folder, **{SDK_FOLDER}\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager**

There you will find silent_install.bat.

Run it. It will create haxm_silent_run.log. After that, close and restart your Android Studio and then run your app.

It will work. In case of a problem, check the haxm_silent_run.log file.

Answer 3

While creating a Virtual Device select the ARM system Image. Others have suggested to install HAXM, but the truth is haxm wont work on amd platform or even if it does as android studio does not supports amd-vt on windows the end result will still be a very very slow emulator to run and operate. My recommendation would be to either use alternative emulator like Genymotion (works like a charm with Gapps installed) or switch to linux as then you will get the benefit of amd-vt and emulator will run a lot faster.

Answer 4

I was facing this issue running the emulator inside Oracle VirtualBox. For me the solution was to modify the emulator to use an ARM CPU instead of x86.

Answer 5

If you're running Mac, as @pedro mentions ensure you have the HAXM installer dowloaded via the Android SDK Manager.

Next install it! In finder navigate to /YOUR_SDK_PATH/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/

Run and install the .mpgk in the following .dmg

• Yosemite: IntelHAXM_1.1.0_for_10.10.dmg
• Pre-yosemite: IntelHAXM_1.1.0_below_10.10.dmg
• El Capitan: IntelHAXM_6.0.1.dmg - please install the IntelHAXM_6.0.1.mpgk file within - it will ask you if you want to reinstall it. Just say yes.

Example:

$cd /YOUR_SDK_PATH/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/
$open IntelHAXM_1.1.0_below_10.10.dmg

Answer 6

First, you must enable Intel virtualization technology from the BIOS:

Second, navigate to your SDK ...\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager:

Then install intelhaxm-android.exe.

Note that if you can't find this file in the directory, make sure you install the package from your SDK manager: