CSI: Inside the Verus
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Hello Tuta.
I know what you are going through. removing the back cover is probably the most difficult but is quite easy once you know the process. It can actually be removed to access the hard drive without removing all the front stuff. I can have my hard drive out in less than 5 minutes. The cover must be lifted up from the bottom first. If you turn the unit face down with the bottom towards you, put your fingers into the battery charging hole, pull up on the bottom of the cover while pressing down on the battery compartment and the charging stand contacts through the back cover. Once it is lifted from the bottom it can be tilted off of the multimeter jack which pass through the top. Be sure you have removed the two small bolts beside the data cable connection in the top of the unit. (where the scanner cable attaches). The battery compartment will stay attached to the back of the motherboard.
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Wireless Verus
Re: New Wireless Verus, Has anyone upgraded the Memory and or Hard drive on it, What Type of Memory does it use? and Has anyone figured out the BIOS password yet?Hard Work, commitment, Honesty and not giving up is what Makes us better Tech'sComment
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The only issue I had was the date/time was not set correctly. Once I reset that to current all loaded correctly.
I think that is a issue when changing hard drives or reinstalling from the program.
I have watched Snap-On do it over the web, but I probably couldn't do it now.
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Not exactly
Upgrading the motherboard will cause problems, due to other issues.
CharlieLast edited by chaskuss; 01-03-2015, 08:40 AM. Reason: expanded 3rd sentence. Added 4th sentence & 2nd last sentenceComment
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Sorry, this is not true. Windows actually performs a sort of "roll call" each time it boots up. The main components [CPU, Motherboard, video card/chip, hard drive, memory and optical drive] are checked to see if they are the same. Windows must find a 70% match or better to boot up. If it's less than that, you would have to do a fresh install of the operating system. FYI, each component is one vote, except for Intel processors [CPU] which gets two votes. [Yet AMD CPUs only get one vote] FYI, if you use hard drive cloning software with your new SSD drive, you will NOT lose the vote for the hard drive.
Upgrading the motherboard will cause problems, due to other issues.
Charlie
Then I proceeded to put the original hard drive back into the Verus and it gave me the same error message. "Authorization required" at the windows desktop screen.
Someone on here said that if you get that message all you have to do is change the date/time, but no one specified where to do this... I need to know where to change the date/time at. If it is in the BIOS obviously I cannot do that due to the fact that it is locked...
Do I change it in my computer, desktop? I just want my tool to work again lol.Comment
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I was hoping the OP would chime in, but it has been quite a few years since this thread was active...
Well, I guess I am talking to my Snap On rep Tuesday. Hope it is free to re activate lol.
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Access the Windows Operating System
Another member hot rodded his older Modis Elite. The video below shows his mods and shows him [about 2 minutes in] accessing the START button, using a wireless USB mouse. Your Verus is similar. All this info is in the User Manual for your Verus. See video below.
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Vash You will have to install a mouse at the least and a mouse and keyboard at best to do this. install a mouse into the USB port, or better yet, the USB transmitter for a wireless keyboard/mouse combo. You need to access the Windows operating system, which underlies the Snap On software. Find and click on the START button [lower/left] from the Start Menu, click on CONTROL PANEL. From the next menu, click on DATE & TIME. Now you can make the needed changes to the date and time. This will look just like Windows XP.
Another member hot rodded his older Modis Elite. The video below shows his mods and shows him [about 2 minutes in] accessing the START button, using a wireless USB mouse. Your Verus is similar. All this info is in the User Manual for your Verus. See video below.
Charlie
It also reverted back to the original software version... Looks like I am going to have to pay big bucks now to get it re updated .Comment
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Verus series 1. Max RAM upgrade
Sir, Can you please advise, Will the Verus series 1 only accept 1GB of RAM or is able to accept 2GB. Thanks in advance PetewithyI 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.
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