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10ZiG 44xx: Firmware 

BIOS

The 44xx has an interesting BIOS. When you get into it the top line of the screen identified it as InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 5.0. In the Linux dmesg text I find the line:

DMI: 10ZiG Technology. 44xx/44xx, BIOS 44xx V:3.2.21-04172015 04/17/2015

I also found that the BIOS on the 4448C was password protected. Trying the password 10ZIG got me in.

Hit the ESC key on power-up to get to the startup screen. This is shown below.

44xx BIOS opening screen
There are six icons shown on the screen with the currently selected one being highlighted.

  1. Continue as you'd expect continues with the normal start up process.
  2. Boot Manager lets you select the boot device for this particular boot.
  3. Device Management lets you configure various devices.
  4. Boot from file lets you boot a specific OS or recovery file from disk.
  5. Secure Boot Option for setting up a UEFI secure boot.
  6. SCU (System Configuration Utility) takes you into a more conventional BIOS screen.

44xx BIOS Boot Manager screen
The Boot Manager screen lets you pick the boot device for this particular boot. In this particular case the internal flash (SEM04G) is highlighted. There is a USB pen drive plugged in.

44xx BIOS Device Manager screen
I find that in the Device Management screen I can do virtually nothing. The only option appears to be to toggle the Primary Video BIOS entry between PCI and AGP.

44xx BIOS Boot Manager screen
I don't know exactly what the File explorer is looking for. This is what it shows with the onboard flash and a USB pen drive with Tinycore 9.0 installed on it.

44xx BIOS Boot Manager screen
This is the Administer Secure Boot screen. I haven't tried anything here.

44xx BIOS screen
This is the conventional BIOS setup. To get into it I had to use the default BIOS password of 10ZIG. (Note upper case).

44xx BIOS Boot Manager screen
An example from the Boot setup in the BIOS screen. Note the option there to enable/disable the ability to boot from a USB device.

Setting the boot order sits under the >Legacy menu item.

Standard Firmware

I haven't investigated exactly what the standard Zero Client firmware offers other than it is Linux based.

Firmware Updates

I'm so used to manufacturers like HP or Wyse who have extensive support pages from which you can download the original firmware, find updates to the firmware and the latest BIOS that the 10ZiG site comes as a bit of a shock....

The 10Zig website has no obvious download section or support contact - the only immediately obvious thing being a support FAQ that appears under the Resources tab. I note that when you mouse over the 'Contact' tab you get two drop down options: 'Become a Reseller' and 'Career Opportunities'. However, if you actually click on the tab, a new page does appear and down the page there are a couple of email addresses for support.