Viewsonic Thin Client SC-T46 Disassembly

 I recently purchased the Viewsonic thin client to be used as home server  (Print Server, SAMBA, HTTP, mySQL Server, GIT) to be used similar to my earlier Raspberry Pi 4 setup, I am trying this setup to avoid high cost of Raspberry Pi 4 in current environment (2022). The performance of N2930 is comparatively better against the Raspberry Pi 4 according to CPU benchmarks.

Raspberry pi 4     Avg Score	Intel N2930 Celeron     Avg Score
867	1003

You need to use the separate wifi usb stick if you don't want to use the Ethernet cable.

The Machine's Configuration

CPU: Intel N2930 1.83 Ghz Quad Core (Turbo Speed 2.2 Ghz)

System Memory: 2 GB  (on-board not expandable)  

Storage: 8GB mSATA SSD Drive  (Easily accessible for upgrade but require half size card)

Connectivity

     USB 2.0:  3xPorts

     USB 3.0: 1xPort

Video Output: DVI-D and DVI-I output

Network: RJ45 Connector

Power Connection: DC 12V - 3A

Wireless Connectivity: None

Comparison to RPi4 SD card storage mSATA SSD is much better and faster option and SD card are prone to data corruption.

Images

Front

Back

Disassembly

You need to remove the 1x screws from the stand and then 2x screws, those are under the stand, than you can carefully remove the top panel which is hold by the internal clips.

Open top panel view

mSATA SSD Drive 8GB

Power Adaptor 12V - 3A 

Package content

To access the main side of motherboard you need to remove the 2x screws from the back plate, then remove the back plate which is again hold by the clips. Once back plate is removed you will be able to pull out the motherboard from the casing.

Motherboard front with heatsink in place

Motherboard with heatsink removed.
It's Atrust's motherboard

BIOS

You can enter the BIOS by pressing the 'DEL' button during the boot, you can then boot using the Legacy Boot device or UEFI bootable USB device.