You might consider the "sum-of-squares" approach. The idea is to find a set of polynomials so that your quadratic form is the sum of the square of the elements in the region of interest. For your case, you could replace each $x_i$ with a new variable $z_i^2$, and ask if the quadratic form is a SOS as an (unconstrained) polynomial over $z$. This restatement may not sound like an improvement, but it turns out that SOS problems can be attacked using semidefinite programming techniques (e.g., see [this page][1]). You can use a freely available SDP solvers. This is a sufficient approach, i.e., it may prove that your quadratic form is positive, but it can't disprove it. Since you're trying to solve a specific problem, though, it may be worth the gamble. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum-of-squares_optimization