How do I install windows server 2016 on a server with hygon CPU？

Question

I have a server with hygon CPU and need to install windows server2016 because applications need to be installed on windows Server 2016. Our operating system media is a kernel released in 2016, when installing on the configuration hygon server, the process stopped at the Microsoft icon interface and could not go to the subsequent installation options. After querying the Software Update Service, June 18, 2019 - described in KB4503294 (OS internals 14393.3053), this patch enables Windows Server 2016 China Market Hygon C86 7xxx processor support. How can I use installers and patches to install windows server 2016 on a server with hygon cpu? Or is there a newer version of the windows server 2016 iso?

Answer 1

Hi Vanilla,

Thanks for your post. The resource from Microsoft side is limited, what we can research is Windows still have limited support for hygon cpu. See: [Windows Processor Requirements | Microsoft Learn]

(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements) The latest article mentioned that only Windows 2019 support that model of CPU. Please contact the supplier for assistance if you have any questions related the specific CPU: 海光--用“芯”计算未来 (hygon.cn)

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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