Experience the performance boost of the Nano CPU as it powers four panel displays simultaneously, and see how versatile the new VIA EPIA-P710 Pico-ITXe board is, equipped with the new SUMIT? connectors.
Microsoft has released a hotfix to support the new 64-bit CPU from VIA Technologies. You can apply this hotfix on computers that are running Windows XP or later operating systems. This hotfix adds the ID and vendor strings for the new VIA 64-bit CPU. After you apply this hotfix, computers that are running Windows XP or later operating systems can recognize the VIA 64-bit CPU and the system model that is based on this kind of CPU.
We ran into another problem while working with the Nano that doesn't look to be the fault of the chipset or of Via's hardware at all. As detailed in this Microsoft Knowledgebase article, the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista (and, we found, Windows XP Pro x64) won't install on a Nano-based computer. The problem, it seems, is that the Windows installer is looking for a CPUID string that says either "GenuineIntel" or "AuthenticAMD".
When it runs into "CentaurHauls", it keels over and dies in a splash of blue across the screen. Microsoft does have a hotfix available for Vista x64, but it's tough to install a hotfix prior to installation of the OS. You've got to slipstream the hotfix into a custom Vista install image. Given limited time for the preparation of this article, we chose to test with Vista x86 instead.