The Xn0 is a family of laptop style thin clients fitted with a 12.1" screen. My example (an X90) was very generously sent to me by Russell. It was manufactured in April 2009, is fitted with an AZERTY keyboard and has a defunct battery. However it works and provides all the necessary detail for me to add it to the site. ([Feb 2022] Russell's site http://www.wessexelectricnut.co.uk/ - the web pages have vanished).
The Xn0 appears to be far rarer than its big brother the Xn0L. However I do note that the label on the
bottom of it does say : MODEL NO : H12V and searching on wyse h12V does bring up a lot
of hits on Google and a few hits on eBay. Maybe that's the answer? (In contrast the label on my Xn0L
example does give Xn0L as the model number).
Processor Type
SpeedVIA C7-M ULV
1200 MHzChipset VN896 Memory Flash
RAM2GB
1GB (Max 2GB?)Video Screen
Chip
Max resolution12.1" WXGA Widescreen 1280 x 800
integrated in CN896
up to ? x ? 32-bit colourPorts Display
Network
USB
Serial
Parallel
PS/21 VGA port 15-pin D-Sub for external monitor (clone mode)
10/100
Integrated Wireless 802.112 b/g
3 x USB2.0 (+1 internal)
none
none
nonePower Battery 6 cell Li-Ion 4400mAH Off
Running0W
~20WDimensions H x W x D (mm) 31~34.5 x 297 x 210
The operating system is Windows XPe SP2.
A publicity sheet on the X90 and X90e is here.
The external power supply is rated at 19V 3.42A. The plug is a standard coax plug 5.5mm/2.5mm.
Part of the label on the battery from the X90 is pictured above. I was not too sure whether replacements exist for something this old, but searching on "8735 SCUD" did throw up some possibilities albeit at an uneconomic price of $70-$90.
For those to whom it matters here is some detail from Linux's /proc/cpuinfo
vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : VIA C7-M Processor 1200MHz 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
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller 00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge 00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 5337 (rev 80) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) 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) 00:10.3 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 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/8251 Ultra VLINK Controller 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102/VT6103 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c) 00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] (rev 01) 80:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller (rev 10)
Front back and sides of the X90.
I haven't removed the keyboard to see what may be lurking beneath. From pictures on eBay where somebody is selling the top cover for a Wyse H12V there doesn't appear to be a lot to see.
There is large panel on the underneath of the X90. Removing this reveals:
Flash: The connector for the flash DOM is a 44-pin IDE connector. However it is
unusual in being a female connector. All other thin clients I've seen with 44-pin IDE interfaces
have had male connectors on the circuit board - so all my spare DOMs will not plug directly into the X90.
This is obviously a standard laptop motherboard and expects to be fitted out with a 2.5" hard drive. However, in this thin client incarnation, that's not something that can be done immediately as they have added two mounting pillars to support the DOM.
There is also a third taller pillar in the way along with a header (labelled CON32). I was not too sure what might be fitted here, but noted that CON32 does provide an additional USB port. Russell pointed me at eUSB modules (Embedded USB) - something I was not aware of.
The label on the bottom of the X90 showed that originally a 2GB DOM had been fitted. By the time it reached me it had been changed for a 512MB one.
Ram: There is a single SODIMM socket to take the RAM. As above the label on the X90 said '1GB of RAM' and what was fitted turned out to be a 512MB DDR2 667 SODIMM.
A Hynix 1GB PC2-6400S part (HYMP112S64CP6-S6 AB-C) worked, as did a 2GB PC2-6400S part (HYS64T256020EDL-2).
USB: There are three USB sockets on the right hand side of the X90 and a fourth one inside. This is on the header (CON32) in the IDE bay. It's on the odd-number line of pins - the one with the keyway at the end. I connected up a socket and pen drive and the BIOS quite happily found it and booted Tiny Core linux from it. Russell pointed out that CON32 is for fitting eUSB (Embedded USB) memory devices in the drive bay.
The wireless card looks like a mini-PCIe card but actually appears as a USB device. This is also something I found in the later X90cw. The output from lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) Flash Drive Bus 001 Device 002: ID 160a:3184 VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VNT-6656 [WiFi 802.11b/g USB Dongle] Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
The first device is the USB drive I've booted from. The second device is the internal Wireless card.
My X90 has a dummy CDROM front panel on the right-hand side. This is where the optional smart card reader is fitted.
My thanks to Russell for the X90.
http://wessexelectricnut.co.uk/wp/computer_collection/wyse-x90/ (not working when last checked).