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Fujitsu Siemens S100: Hardware 

Fujitsu Siemens Futro S100 Thin Client

The Fujitsu Siemens S100 like various other early models in the Futro range is based on a 17cm x 17cm Mini-ITX mainboard. The board is designated as a D2456 but I haven't been able to find any data on it. In a quick search I couldn't find any historical data on the S100 on Fujitsu's site.

It looks like the product was announced in July 2009 and at launch was fitted with a VIA Eden 500MHz CPU . A datasheet I found on the S100 was created in January 2010 and also refers to the CPU being a VIA Eden 500 ULV (500MHz). However my example is fitted with a VIA Eden 1GHz CPU. I don't know when the transition occurred or how you can distinguish the two models.

Futro S100 BIOS sticker I did find a Fujitsu Road Map (dated December 2010) which showed the S100 reaching EOL at the end of Q1 2011 with the follow-on product being the helpfully named "Successor of FUTRO S100". Maybe the 1GHz upgrade was the successor? There is a label on the top of the PS/2 sockets on my S100 that carries a 2012 date (See right) that kind of supports this theory.

Specifications

The basic specs for the S100 are:

Processor
   Type
   Speed
VIA Eden
500MHz or 1GHz
Memory
   Flash
   RAM
512MB-2GB CF
1GB (max 2GB?)
Video
   Chip
   Max resolution
   Connector
VX800 (Chrome 9)
32 bit colors, 1920 x 1440 / 85 Hz
VGA
Ports
   Network
   USB
   Serial
   Parallel
   PS/2
10/100/1000
4 x USB2.0
1
0
Kybd & mouse
Power
   Power
   Plug
   Off
   Idle
   Running
12V 2A
Coax 5.5mm x 2.1mm
0W
12W
14W
Dimensions
H x W x D (mm)185 x 42 x 185

My S100 came without any flash memory. The datasheet indicates it would be running the Linux based OS eLux RL, or eLux RL lite.

Power Supply

The S100 runs off an external 12V supply. The connector is a standard 5.5mm x 2.1mm coax plug. The PSU that came with it was a Liteon 12V 3.33A unit.

CPU

The S100 is fitted with a Via Eden CPU clocked at 1GHz.

The Linux cpuinfo reports:

vendor_id:CentaurHauls
cpu family:6
model:13
model name:VIA Eden Processor 1000MHz
stepping:0
flags:fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm nx cpuid pni est tm2 xtpr rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en

PCI

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 Host Bridge (rev 14)
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Error Reporting
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Host Bus Control
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Power Management Control
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 APIC and Central Traffic Control
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Scratch Registers
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 North-South Module Interface Control
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Chrome 9 HC3 Integrated Graphics (rev 11)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:03.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 PCI Express Root Port
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800 Serial ATA and EIDE Controller
00:10.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 Bus Control and Power Management
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX8xx South-North Module Interface Control
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875/VX900 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller (rev 20)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6120/VT6121/VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 82)

Disassembly

This is fairly straight forward. First remove the two screws on the back panel at the top. The front panel/top panel can then be gently slid forward. I found it to be a snug fit and it needed a bit of gentle encouragement to move.

Motherboard

The motherboard is a Mini-ITX D2456.

Expansion

Futro S100 circuit board

Flash: The board is fitted with a Compact Flash socket so increasing the size of the flash is straight forward. As you can see in the photo my S100 came without any CF card. I plugged in a 1GB CF card and it worked without any problems.

RAM: The board has a single SODIMM socket for PC2/DDR2 memory. Mine came fitted with a Samsung part - 1GB 2Rx16 PC2-6400S-666-12-A3. (The datasheet says 1GB/DDR2/800MHz).

I tried out a 2GB part: HYS64T256020EDL-2 5C2 (2GB 2Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-12-F0) which worked perfectly.

USB: There are two USB 2.0 sockets on the front and two on the rear.

Click on the photograph to get a more detailed view of the circuit board.

Other

Futro S100 link By the battery is JP14 which is a usual 'clear CMOS' jumper. There is also a connector, LPC1, (name implies an Low-Pin-Count bus interface) and an unpopulated connector SPI_CN.

Futro S100 unpopulated SATA sockets

There are two unpopulated SATA sockets on the board. I note that, as is usually the case, the capacitors in the data lines are also missing.

 


Any comments? email me. Added November 2019