I posted this over on the iATN Snap-On forum, but I thought some of you might find it interesting.
My Verus is well out of warranty, so it was time to perform the memory upgrade that so many have talked about. Since I have not seen any inside pictures of the Verus, I thought I would take some pictures and document the procedure.
I would recommend you do this on a soft cloth so as to not scratch the touch screen. You will need a thin Phillips screwdriver, a small flat pocket screwdriver and long thin tweezers. Allow plenty of time so you can be VERY CAREFUL!! Take great care with all connectors and ribbons. These are
very fragile and breaking one will require a trip to Snap-On and lots of dollars!
First, take off the rubber grips on each end of the Verus. Remove the battery by pressing down on the latch and pulling. It is a tight fit. Remove the screws on the rear case (7) and front case (6).
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One of the rear screws in inside the battery compartment. It takes a short Phillips or a thin long one to remove. You will have to break through the warranty seals to remove all the screws. Also remove the screws at the serial port and the scanner cable port.
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The plate around the serial port will fall out later, so don't lose it or forget to put it back when the cases go together.
On the front side there are several small slots at the top and bottom of the black screen cover. Use a small pocket flat screwdriver to remove the black screen cover.
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Flip the Verus over. Be careful of the button pad on the right as it is now loose.
BEWARE there is a fan connected to the rear cover half. Pick the black rear cover by picking up the bottom of it; it kind of slips in at the top of the Verus. Don't pull hard until you look under and disconnect the fan connector from the circuit boards! Then slip it out of the front cover at the
top and set it aside.
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This is what you will see with the rear cover removed. The system memory in on a sub-board under the fan and heat sink. You need to flip the circuit boards over, but FIRST you have to get the touch screen loose and disconnected. At the bottom and top are 10 plastic clips that hold the screen to the red case half. There are several connectors that you must disconnect when removing the screen (speaker, screen and pad). This must be done
carefully after releasing the 10 plastic clips that hold it all together.
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There are 2 gray wires that you can leave connected, but be careful so you don't break them. Pay attention to how they are routed and clipped in place. Once the screen in disconnected and removed, you can see the 7 screws that hold the circuit boards to the red plastic case. Fig 6 shows where they go. Once the boards are loose, you need to unplug the small board and fan assembly from the main circuit board. There is one small white connector for the fan, and 2 row connectors from the small board to the main board.
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Pay attention to how it goes together. Once it is unplugged, there is a single screw in the center of the small board that holds it to the fan/heat sink assembly. Remove this screw, and they will separate.
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There is heat sink compound on the bottom of the heat sink. Don't
wipe it off or disturb it.
You will now see the 512 meg memory module. Remove and
replace it just like any other laptop (I used a 1024MB
PC3200 DDR 400MHz SODIMM module I had left from another
laptop).
CAREFULLY reassemble the Verus. When you boot it back up, it
may say you have an authorization problem. Check the time
and date of the system. Mine reset to the default, and all I
had to do was correct the time/date, and all rebooted fine.
My system boots faster now. I don't know yet how much better
it will function as I performed this on a Friday, but I
will report back after a few days of use. I did not swap the
hard drive, as I remove and store the files onto my laptop,
so disk space is not a problem for me yet.
Enjoy!!
Willie
It's been a week now, and so far everything is working great. The Verus boots faster, and seems to shut down faster. The apps load faster, and when running 2 (scanner and scope) they switch easier and with less fuss.
Willie
My Verus is well out of warranty, so it was time to perform the memory upgrade that so many have talked about. Since I have not seen any inside pictures of the Verus, I thought I would take some pictures and document the procedure.
I would recommend you do this on a soft cloth so as to not scratch the touch screen. You will need a thin Phillips screwdriver, a small flat pocket screwdriver and long thin tweezers. Allow plenty of time so you can be VERY CAREFUL!! Take great care with all connectors and ribbons. These are
very fragile and breaking one will require a trip to Snap-On and lots of dollars!
First, take off the rubber grips on each end of the Verus. Remove the battery by pressing down on the latch and pulling. It is a tight fit. Remove the screws on the rear case (7) and front case (6).
iatn 1.jpg
iatn 2.jpg
One of the rear screws in inside the battery compartment. It takes a short Phillips or a thin long one to remove. You will have to break through the warranty seals to remove all the screws. Also remove the screws at the serial port and the scanner cable port.
iatn 4.jpg
The plate around the serial port will fall out later, so don't lose it or forget to put it back when the cases go together.
On the front side there are several small slots at the top and bottom of the black screen cover. Use a small pocket flat screwdriver to remove the black screen cover.
iatn 3.jpg
Flip the Verus over. Be careful of the button pad on the right as it is now loose.
BEWARE there is a fan connected to the rear cover half. Pick the black rear cover by picking up the bottom of it; it kind of slips in at the top of the Verus. Don't pull hard until you look under and disconnect the fan connector from the circuit boards! Then slip it out of the front cover at the
top and set it aside.
iatn 5.jpg
This is what you will see with the rear cover removed. The system memory in on a sub-board under the fan and heat sink. You need to flip the circuit boards over, but FIRST you have to get the touch screen loose and disconnected. At the bottom and top are 10 plastic clips that hold the screen to the red case half. There are several connectors that you must disconnect when removing the screen (speaker, screen and pad). This must be done
carefully after releasing the 10 plastic clips that hold it all together.
iatn 6.jpg
There are 2 gray wires that you can leave connected, but be careful so you don't break them. Pay attention to how they are routed and clipped in place. Once the screen in disconnected and removed, you can see the 7 screws that hold the circuit boards to the red plastic case. Fig 6 shows where they go. Once the boards are loose, you need to unplug the small board and fan assembly from the main circuit board. There is one small white connector for the fan, and 2 row connectors from the small board to the main board.
iatn 7.jpg
Pay attention to how it goes together. Once it is unplugged, there is a single screw in the center of the small board that holds it to the fan/heat sink assembly. Remove this screw, and they will separate.
iatn 8.jpg
There is heat sink compound on the bottom of the heat sink. Don't
wipe it off or disturb it.
You will now see the 512 meg memory module. Remove and
replace it just like any other laptop (I used a 1024MB
PC3200 DDR 400MHz SODIMM module I had left from another
laptop).
CAREFULLY reassemble the Verus. When you boot it back up, it
may say you have an authorization problem. Check the time
and date of the system. Mine reset to the default, and all I
had to do was correct the time/date, and all rebooted fine.
My system boots faster now. I don't know yet how much better
it will function as I performed this on a Friday, but I
will report back after a few days of use. I did not swap the
hard drive, as I remove and store the files onto my laptop,
so disk space is not a problem for me yet.
Enjoy!!
Willie
It's been a week now, and so far everything is working great. The Verus boots faster, and seems to shut down faster. The apps load faster, and when running 2 (scanner and scope) they switch easier and with less fuss.
Willie
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