Installation Guide Wyse® X90 and X90e Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory Upgrade Kit Issue: 042810 PN: 883884-21L Rev.
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Contents About this Guide 1 Finding the Information You Need in this Guide 1 Wyse Technical Support 1 Wyse Online Community 1 Related Online Resources Available at Wyse 1 Getting Started 2 Kit Warranty 2 Kit Contents 2 Required Tools and Materials 3 Installing the Upgrade Kit 4 Verifying the Mobile Thin Client’s Operation 7 Attaching the Upgrade Serial Label 10 Figures 11
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Wyse® X90 and X90e Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory (RAM) Upgrade Kit Installation Guide About this Guide This guide describes how to install the 1-GB or 2-GB flash and 2-GB RAM Upgrade Kit in a Wyse X class mobile thin client.
2 If you need to upgrade your operating system, contact Wyse Customer Support at: http://www.wyse.com/support. Wyse Thin Computing Software is available on the Wyse Web site at: http://www.wyse.com/products/software. Getting Started This section provides information about your flash and RAM kit warranty, kit contents, and required tools. Kit Warranty The warranty on this kit assumes the remaining months of warranty of the mobile thin client in which it is installed, or for 90 days, whichever is greater.
3 Figure 3 Upgrade Serial Label Required Tools and Materials You will need the following recommended tools to install the kit: • Small Phillips screwdriver • Plastic alignment tools or equivalent Figure 4 Recommended tools Warning Flash and RAM modules may be susceptible to damage by Electro-Static Discharge (ESD). All industry-standard cautions should be followed to avoid ESD.
4 Installing the Upgrade Kit To install the 1-GB or 2-GB flash and 1-GB RAM Upgrade Kit in an X90 or X90e mobile thin client: Caution Follow all precautions listed in the Quick-Start Guide that came with your mobile thin client for disconnecting and reconnecting the mobile thin client. 1. Perform a proper shutdown of the mobile thin client by closing all files and ending your session, and then press the power button to turn off the mobile thin client. 2.
5 5. To remove the existing flash module, depending on the type of module you have, you must either pull up the module in the direction as shown in Figure 7, or remove the two screws as shown in Figure 8. Rock the module carefully until free of the connector. Warning Flash and RAM modules may be susceptible to damage by Electro-Static Discharge (ESD). All industry-standard cautions should be followed to avoid ESD.
6 7. To remove the existing RAM module, use your fingers to unlock the two locking clamps at either side of the module by pushing the clamps in the direction of the arrows shown, see Figure 9. The module should pop up from its socket. Lift out the RAM module. Figure 9 Removing the RAM module 8. Insert the new RAM module into the connector of the original module, and then press down on the module so that the two locks will snap in place, securing the module. 9.
7 Verifying the Mobile Thin Client’s Operation To verify that the mobile thin client works properly: 1. Reconnect the power cord and power adapter, and then press the power button on the mobile thin client to apply power. 2. After the mobile thin client restarts, close three windows that have opened on the screen by following these instructions: a. Click Close to close the WinPing window, see Figure 10. Caution DO NOT click Ping or this test will fail. Figure 10 Closing the WinPing window b.
8 c. Click Shutdown in the XPE TEST window to shutdown the mobile thin client, see Figure 12. Figure 12 Shutting down from the XPE TEST window 3. Press the power button on the mobile thin client for it to restart. 4. From the desktop, click Start | About to open the Client Information window, see Figures 13.
9 Figure 13 Client Information 5. Verify that the MAC address and Serial Number matches the serial number and MAC address on the thin client. 6. Verify that the RAM Configuration is approximately 1984 MB. 7. Verify that the Flash Configuration is less than 1024 MB for a 1-GB flash upgrade and less than 2048 MB for a 2-GB flash upgrade. 8. Click OK to close the Client Information window. The mobile thin client is ready for operation and setup by the Administrator.
10 Attaching the Upgrade Serial Label The Wyse conversion kit is supplied with a serial label that must be attached to each mobile thin client. Attach the label as shown in Figure 14. Sufficient labels must be purchased for mobile thin clients to be upgraded. Caution Failure to install the label may cause the mobile thin client to receive incorrect replacement parts if sent in for service.
11 Figures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Flash module types 2 RAM module types 2 Upgrade Serial Label 3 Recommended tools 3 Removing bottom screws from access cover 4 Lifting off the access cover 4 Removing an older-type flash module 5 Removing screws from newer-type flash module Removing the RAM module 6 Closing the WinPing window 7 Closing the DOS window 7 Shutting down from the XPE TEST window 8 Client Information 9 Attaching the Upgrade Serial Label 10 5
Installation Guide Wyse® X90 and X90e Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory Upgrade Kit Issue: 042810 Written and published by: Wyse Technology Inc.
