Installation Guide Wyse® X90L and X90Le Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory Upgrade Kit Issue: 072310 PN: 883884-22L 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® X90L and X90Le Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory (RAM) Upgrade Kit Installation Guide About this Guide This guide describes how to install the 1-GB, 2-GB, or 4-GB flash and two (2) 1-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 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. Before you remove or install a modules, touch any metal part of the chassis and keep that contact with the chassis during the installation process.
4 Installing the Upgrade Kit To install the 1-GB, 2-GB, or 4-GB flash and one (1) 1-GB RAM Upgrade Kit in an X90L or X90Le 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. Using the plastic alignment tool carefully lift up the keyboard (start lifting at the arrow shown in Figure 7), and then lay keyboard facedown to expose the flash and memory modules. Caution The keyboard is very susceptible to bending so use caution when lifting. Figure 7 Lifting up keyboard 6. Remove the existing flash module. Locate the flash module and push its retaining clip out of the way in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 8. Carefully lift flash module out of the socket.
6 7. Install the new flash module in the reverse order of removing the old module. 8. 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 in Figure 9. The module should pop up from its socket. Lift out the RAM module. Note Early 1-GB configurations had two (2) 512-MB DIMMs installed.
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 Figure 13.
9 Figure 13 Client Information 5. Verify that the MAC address and Serial Number matches the serial number and MAC address on the mobile thin client. 6. Verify that the RAM Configuration is approximately 1471 MB for early mobile thin clients and 1984 MB for current mobile thin clients. 7. Verify that the Flash Configuration is less than 1024 MB for a 1-GB flash upgrade, less than 2048 MB for a 2-GB flash upgrade, and less than 4096 MB for the 4-GB upgrade. 8.
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. 1. 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. Figure 14 Attaching the Upgrade Serial Label 2.
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 2 Recommended tools 3 Unsnapping the switch covers 4 Prying off the switch cover 4 Lifting up keyboard 5 Removing the flash module 5 Removing the RAM module 6 Closing the WinPing window 7 Closing the DOS window 7 Shutting down from the XPE TEST window Client Information 9 Attaching the Upgrade Serial Label 10 8
Installation Guide Wyse® X90L and X90Le Mobile Thin Clients Flash and Memory Upgrade Kit Issue: 072310 Written and published by: Wyse Technology Inc.
