John, I just had another Modis apart last night. This one has Windows CE 3.0 installed as the operating system. After I removed the mother board, I noticed a white paper label glued to the upper half. It had a number & a date, November 12, 2009. It appears that this unit has had the software bundle updated to 12.4.
This label [if yours has one] can be viewed by simply removing the left rubber grip. Look at the inside of the upper half, just above the left CF card socket. You might need to use a magnifying glass to read the label. It's not very large.
The mother board on this Modis was sort of a combination of yours and my buddy's [first photos I posted] This one has the large black heat sink [presumably for the CPU] like my buddy's. However, it only has the smaller SO-DIMM [laptop] memory socket like yours. This socket was empty. I added a Samsung PC100 256 Mb memory module, but so far, have not been able to get the Modis to recognize it. Didn't have much time to mess with it though.
After watching Scott's "FrankenModis" video, I was curious about using a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and a USB 4 port hub. Since all the Modis' I have experience with, have Windows CE 3, rather than CE 5 like you & Scott have on your machines.
First, I installed the transmitter for one of my Microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse combos into the USB port of this Modis. Once the Modis finished powering up, it recognized the transmitter and the wireless keyboard. Mouse did not seem to respond to the Modis software, but I believe that is normal. For most things, only the North,South, East & West keys, along with the Y & N keys on the keyboard will function. They simply act as the Y & N keys and the direction keys [North, South, East & West] do on the Modis. Hitting the START button [Microsoft Windows Logo key at the lower left of the keyboard] will cause the START menu of Windows CE to pop up. This gives you access to the Windows CE operating system, below the Modis software. However, go into UTILITIES/SHOP INFO from the Modis Main Menu, and you can use all the keyboard keys to input your shop's name, address and phone number. You can then choose to have this info printed out as a header on anything you print out with the Modis. It also acts as a way to prove that you own the Modis, should there ever be any question of that. I also seem to remember one or two other areas where all the keys of the keyboard would work. While poking around in the Windows CE 3 operating system, I noticed that the wireless mouse still did not seem to work.
I powered the Modis off. Removed the wireless transmitter and installed a Sabrent model B-UMLS 4 port USB hub. I recently purchased this on www.newegg.com
for a laptop I own, that is down to one functional USB 2 port. I like this hub, as it has 4 push button switches. These switches turn each port on or off. That way, you do not deplete the battery on your laptop or Modis more than is required to run the USB items you attach to it.
The Modis recognized the 4 port hub without problem. As a test, I then plugged the transmitter for the wireless keyboard/mouse combo, a normal wired Microsoft keyboard and an 8 Gb USB Flash drive into the hub. The keyboards were both recognized and functioned. However, I got a message asking for a driver for the USB Flash Drive. Not sure what version of Windows was the first to have native support for USB Flash Drives? I seem to remember having to add drivers for them on older versions of Windows. I know that Scott has a number of 1 Mb Flash drives functioning on his. Hopefully, he will read this and respond. I'm not sure if that driver is needed for any Flash Drive, or if it's because of the larger size of the Flash Drive I used. I can borrow a 1 Gb drive from a friend. I also own a 4 Gb & a 64 GB Flash Drive. I'll play around with these when I get the time.
I'll post some photos of this latest exploration into the innards of a Modis, later.
Charlie
This label [if yours has one] can be viewed by simply removing the left rubber grip. Look at the inside of the upper half, just above the left CF card socket. You might need to use a magnifying glass to read the label. It's not very large.
The mother board on this Modis was sort of a combination of yours and my buddy's [first photos I posted] This one has the large black heat sink [presumably for the CPU] like my buddy's. However, it only has the smaller SO-DIMM [laptop] memory socket like yours. This socket was empty. I added a Samsung PC100 256 Mb memory module, but so far, have not been able to get the Modis to recognize it. Didn't have much time to mess with it though.
After watching Scott's "FrankenModis" video, I was curious about using a wireless keyboard/mouse combo and a USB 4 port hub. Since all the Modis' I have experience with, have Windows CE 3, rather than CE 5 like you & Scott have on your machines.
First, I installed the transmitter for one of my Microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse combos into the USB port of this Modis. Once the Modis finished powering up, it recognized the transmitter and the wireless keyboard. Mouse did not seem to respond to the Modis software, but I believe that is normal. For most things, only the North,South, East & West keys, along with the Y & N keys on the keyboard will function. They simply act as the Y & N keys and the direction keys [North, South, East & West] do on the Modis. Hitting the START button [Microsoft Windows Logo key at the lower left of the keyboard] will cause the START menu of Windows CE to pop up. This gives you access to the Windows CE operating system, below the Modis software. However, go into UTILITIES/SHOP INFO from the Modis Main Menu, and you can use all the keyboard keys to input your shop's name, address and phone number. You can then choose to have this info printed out as a header on anything you print out with the Modis. It also acts as a way to prove that you own the Modis, should there ever be any question of that. I also seem to remember one or two other areas where all the keys of the keyboard would work. While poking around in the Windows CE 3 operating system, I noticed that the wireless mouse still did not seem to work.
I powered the Modis off. Removed the wireless transmitter and installed a Sabrent model B-UMLS 4 port USB hub. I recently purchased this on www.newegg.com
for a laptop I own, that is down to one functional USB 2 port. I like this hub, as it has 4 push button switches. These switches turn each port on or off. That way, you do not deplete the battery on your laptop or Modis more than is required to run the USB items you attach to it.
The Modis recognized the 4 port hub without problem. As a test, I then plugged the transmitter for the wireless keyboard/mouse combo, a normal wired Microsoft keyboard and an 8 Gb USB Flash drive into the hub. The keyboards were both recognized and functioned. However, I got a message asking for a driver for the USB Flash Drive. Not sure what version of Windows was the first to have native support for USB Flash Drives? I seem to remember having to add drivers for them on older versions of Windows. I know that Scott has a number of 1 Mb Flash drives functioning on his. Hopefully, he will read this and respond. I'm not sure if that driver is needed for any Flash Drive, or if it's because of the larger size of the Flash Drive I used. I can borrow a 1 Gb drive from a friend. I also own a 4 Gb & a 64 GB Flash Drive. I'll play around with these when I get the time.
I'll post some photos of this latest exploration into the innards of a Modis, later.
Charlie
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