Snap-On Zeus SSD & RAM Upgrade

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Thomas
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@donarmstrong3 2 күн бұрын

I can't believe how easy that was to do. Thanks for the video.

@EXOVCDS Күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@bikerkat01 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to give you an update on my 2003 VW Bug, I replaced the battery and it started. I was doing the happy dance afterward, thanks to your help. Now I have to save up to get the body work done to get it back on the road, in the meantime, I will drive it around the yard now and then until snow hits us. You are the BEST!

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the update!

@ClydeDoSomething 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work. I bought the ETHOS Edge from snap on a few years back. It's served me well enough.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Solus Ultra and a Modis Ultra... both work well, but the Solus Ultra is slower. I have backups to my backups! LOL

@dmcdow 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see you again, Thomas. Great info as usual!

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

As always... I forgot to mention stuff! ugh Follow up video on Sunday. =)

@type2523 2 жыл бұрын

We missed you Thomas !!! Greetings from Greece and Germany

@soil-aint-dirt4903 2 жыл бұрын

So nice to see you’re posting some new vids my friend! I know your busy, so much appreciated! Hope you’re well, Thomas 👍🏼 !

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words... and thank you for watching! I'm doing well / fine. Yes, lots of work. =) and =(

@normansmith7806 2 жыл бұрын

Thomas !! What Wyatt said :) Good to hear you again. Good tip !

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mostlymoparih5682 2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear from you buddy. Prices are on the rise here. Five quarts of oil has gone up almost ten bucks and tire prices are on the rise weekLy if you can find the size you need. If things don't change it's gonna be a tough winter. Stay well. Happy Motoring.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Not much we can do besides hang on for the ride... all ups will have a down.

@SasukeGarage55 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you posting ,keep dame coming!

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@SasukeGarage55 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS MENGA MINT!!! 😎💯💎🔥

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Perform "upgrade" at OWN RISK!!! You might want to wait a few months to see if I have any issues. I will probably update my ZEUS to the newest Software Bundle before the end of the year... car insurance comes FIRST!! Parts bought via AMAZON.CA (you can find the same / similar via whichever AMAZON you use): NON AFFILIATE AMAZON.CA LINKS: SSD: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08ZNSQYXS/ RAM: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0145V6NUA/ USB Adapter www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07VP2WH73/ Acronis Disk Director: www.acronis.com/en-us/products/disk-director-home/ I hope I didn't Jinx myself by posting this the day after I did the swap!!??

@cenariusbg 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! How are you? :) Glad you are still uploading!

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Doing fine... super busy. Thanks for watching!

@patkelly7999 2 жыл бұрын

Evening Thomas, good upgrade, fair play:):)

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening!

@CarsExposed 2 жыл бұрын

Great solution My friend , for the price I wish it came like that from Snapon 👍🍻

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I forgot to mention that I have 10GB of service manuals on the SSD... which didn't help space wise, but 30GB for an OS!!?? I have a 32GB netbook at work that I can't install anything on (besides VCDS), because the OS takes up all of the SSD. LOL

@the_retired_mechanic 2 жыл бұрын

Hey up mate hope you are well and all is good. Nice to hear from you again. Stay safe its a jungle out there

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@marcosmateo8439 Жыл бұрын

Im about to buy a uses Zeus and this is good info. I’ve done cloning on computer and used acronis and had good luck, even though i not a tech geek myself. Just wanted say thanks.

@EXOVCDS Жыл бұрын

I'm also not a tech geek and found this easy (have cloned pc's & laptops before). Thank you for watching!

@manwiththestar2305 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy that they dont have a official service for that upgrade. Great workaround. I hope all is well!

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

All is well, thanks. Hope the same for you & yours! I forgot to mention that I had 10GB of service manuals on the SSD... good news is I can add even more now! LOL

@RaucousRimo 10 ай бұрын

I just got a zeus plus and i already want to open it and upgrade it like this.

@raydergan 2 жыл бұрын

This video helped me void my warranty. 🤣🤣🤣 I couldn't be happier. I now have 1TB SSD and 8GB RAM. No issues with Acronis and system seems to be running smoothly and is much quicker.👌 A little overkill but worth it because I don't have to deal with ALWAYS seeing the "Device Performance & Health" icon.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

8 gb memory? Cool. Still have a part number / name brand you used? I'll send you some stickers as a thank you. Send me your mailing address. Click the fkh161 link in the description and then click on tool request to send me the info.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I guess you haven't received my earlier reply?

@BruceLyeg 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Thomas. I saw a video of someone else with the same problem, I forget what he did to remedy it. Hope everything is well

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find any videos or other references aside from the one I came across in a snap-on forum. I was pleasantly surprised how easily it came apart... my verus Pro was more difficult.

@ameerazeez3704 2 жыл бұрын

Hi . The upgrade you did it on your Zeus. would work on Snap-on verus Edge or only Zeus

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I have not had a Verus Edge apart so I don't know if parts can be changed, sorry.

@MrFwoggie 2 жыл бұрын

Did the RAM upgrade improve the laggy performance while scrolling through saved data? I've been wanting to upgrade the RAM since the day after I purchased the Zeus, fortunately my warranty expires next month so I will be doing this upgrade. Also, since it's been a few months since this video came out, have you had any issues arise?

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't noticed any laggy performance before or after... but will keep an eye out for it. Thank you for watching !

@MrFwoggie 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS I appreciate the response, thank you!

@ZkReAr-fs5do 5 ай бұрын

What happens if you don't clone your ssd? ... Can I do maintenance on the cpu by applying thermal paste ? Or is not serviceable thanks for the vid

@EXOVCDS 5 ай бұрын

You don't have to clone your SSD... if you don't want to upgrade your SSD. You can do maintenance / cleaning of the board if you want to.

@rrmech11 2 жыл бұрын

Hey 👍👍

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Hey

@weldingjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

I meant to ask, did you use free edition acronis? Do you think you can go 8gb ram & will 1tb ssd work?

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know about 8gb... 1TB should work, but can't be sure till I do it myself. Trial version would not let me clone, so I paid for it. Can be used / installed on 3 pc's.

@spacecat7015 2 жыл бұрын

The 32-bit Windows 7 Operating System can only use 4Gb of RAM. It might work, but would give you no more usable RAM, thus no performance gains. The $200 Windows 10 upgrade is tempting but from my research online it looks like it is also a 32-bit OS (which is also limited to 4GB RAM usable). Windows 10 does outperform Windows 7 but because it is still a 32-bit OS I would be hesitant unless you browse a lot on the web and want to keep up with security patches. The Snap-On applications are all 32-bit so even if the OS were 64-bit there would be no major performance gains in the Snap-On apps. I think I saw somewhere that they saw better performance with 500GB vs 1TB because of drive indexing performance. But that may have been because of the quality of SSD chosen. Remember, the underlying hardware is still just a reliable 4-banger, not an LS-1.

@timlyon2924 8 ай бұрын

@@spacecat7015so do you see any performance gains using the Windows 7 and upgrading the storage and RAM is it worth it to do it? Just purchase the Zeus wanted to see if it was even worth it to upgrade the RAM and the storage

@ciig4604 2 жыл бұрын

It’s weird just how much they overcharge for stuff, charging 200$ to change out your Operating system would’ve taken someone 10 mins like this and the fact that snap-on doesn’t just make an M.2 NVMe slot for their 9000$ product is ridiculous considering it’s way smaller and would require a smaller heat sink while being just as fast if not faster than a ssd Nonetheless great job I always enjoy seeing videos like these

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

This SSD is not much bigger than a M.2 NVMe drive / ssd. The upgrade to Win10 (Enterprise LTSC) was worth the cost (for me) as I'm not very PC Savvy.... copy & paste I can do! LOL

@ciig4604 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS that’s fair it’s just weird to see it so expensive, I guess that software is where all the cost is lol Also an m.2 can be the size of a kids finger their about a quarter the size of a ssd and are more plug n play

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I upgraded the m.2 in one of my laptops (bought the cheaper version of the laptop and upgraded SSD & RAM myself). It's amazing how stuff keeps getting smaller and smaller!

@weldingjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Did you use acronis true image vs director 12.5?

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I used / bought disk director 12.5... I probably should have gone with true image.

@weldingjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS Yeah I just use true image and finished mine pretty sure it forward. I did this management and used the extra hundred gigs as a separate drive and then my main C Dr. is 350 gigs

@robertocantu792 Жыл бұрын

That was it?????!!! You have got to be kidding!!!

@EXOVCDS Жыл бұрын

Still works great. I even added an external 4 port USB 3.0 adapter that I stuck to the back of the scope module. A 90 degree USB plug exits the side of the Zeus and feeds the adapter at the back. I dropped my Zeus 6 months ago and it landed on the straight USB connector that was plugged into the Zeus. With my USB connections now at the back, I won't have any issues should I drop it again.

@justforkiks29 Жыл бұрын

My Zeus came with 60gb hard drive. Not sure if they updated that in later models. But still only @ gb ram.

@EXOVCDS Жыл бұрын

Yeah, mine had 64GB also. Can't find any info on SSD size of the new Zeus+

@justforkiks29 Жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS 1.29ghz intel chip with 4 gb of ram and 100gb hard drive.

@EXOVCDS Жыл бұрын

100gb would still be too small for me. I put all my service manuals (pdf files) in my zeus and did a lot of screen recording.

@davidmckinney1070 7 ай бұрын

By any chance do you still have the original hard drive because i have a verus edge and id like to upgrade to windows 10 for experimental

@EXOVCDS 7 ай бұрын

Snap-On installed Embedded Windows® 10 on my Zeus: www.msembedded.biz/en/embedded/windows-10-iot-core#:~:text=Windows%20IoT%20Core%20is%20a,guidelines%20are%20available%20from%20Microsoft. Running the full version of W10 on the Verus Edge or Zeus would not be practical, due to the hardware in the devices. The Zeus+ comes with 64bit Windows® 10

@EXOVCDS 7 ай бұрын

Hard drives for the Verus Edge can be found as regular HDDs or SSDs... use a cloning software to clone and then try updating the cloned drive to W10 via windows update process. productforum.autorepairdata.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17885

@davidmckinney1070 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply and I probably end up doing that

@txsviking 2 жыл бұрын

That's still a lot of room.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Terry! Now I can screen record when I work on something interesting! =)

@snakebeck234 2 жыл бұрын

Hallo Thomas 👋Grüße aus DE Bayern / Augsburg , ich hätte da ne Frage die mich sehr Interessiren würde. Hat man in Canada als KFZ Mechatroniker gute Chancen zu Arbeiten ?? ich würde auch sehr gerne Auswandern.... LG Stefan

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Griaß di Gott... bist du mit deiner Ausbildung schon fertig (ich nehme an ja)? KFZ Mechatroniker kann man brauchen in Nord Amerika. Keine Ahnung wie du eine Stellung findest, oder wie kompliziert die Einwanderung nach Kanada oder USA ist (ich war 11 Jahre alt als wir umgezogen sind).

@GigiBeleaDK 2 жыл бұрын

You sure the unit would have accepted 1TB ? ... the 512GB , would be enough for a while :)

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure... worst case I would use the 1TB as an external USB storage device. You are correct though... this 500gb drive should lst me a while! =)

@shimon2476 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Thomas how expensive is this machine? Do you need a subscription to do for eg headlight module coding on Benz etc immobilizer systems on vw etc thanks

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

The only reason I bought this (or any other prior scanner) was because my former workplace did not invest in shop equipment... I needed something when cars came in that were non VW/Audi. It doesn't get used often and I even end up using the (new shops) LAUNCH scan tool when this thing is of no help. The 4 channel scope is probably more useful to me than the "odd" times that I need to view DATA PIDS on non VW/Audi vehicles (my VCDS dongles and the shops ODIS subscription covers the majority of stuff that I need to do). Getting back to your question... I have no idea if the Zeus can do what you need it to do. I would suggest getting a loaner from your rep to test things out.

@shimon2476 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS thanks for the detailed reply as always Thomas enjoy the rest of your weekend

@weldingjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

@@shimon2476 won’t code Benz for stuff like that launch or Thinkcar s20 I sell them with liftime subscriptions

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Which Launch product? Thinkcar s20 any good? Better or = to Launch?

@weldingjunkie 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS yes it’s prob the best one out there right now it’s $4500 i have a promo liftime subscription for life. Does module programming for about 10 makes comes with a j2534 as well. Bi directional, coding, heavy duty, buses, tractors etc 13.3” screen military spec with gorilla glass

@wyattoneable 2 жыл бұрын

Thomas! Wie geht es dir?

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

Gut... und euch? Immer noch in der USA? Ist besser so!

@wyattoneable 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS Ja, Ja, wir sind noch Da. My wife wants to visit family and maybe live in Germany but we are not ready to move yet. The USA is having problems but it is still a good place to live.

@bullgamer7343 5 ай бұрын

After cloning it wants a booting floppy or usb

@EXOVCDS 5 ай бұрын

It probably wasn't cloned or partitioned correctly.

@bullgamer7343 5 ай бұрын

@@EXOVCDS actually it was done properly just needed an external keyboard usb to press enter and worked perfect afterwards.

@EXOVCDS 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the update.

@James-fl2ug 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man I have an 2001 Audi 1.8t where does the hose to the combination valve connects to. Please help

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

A vacuum solenoid under the intake manifold... there's a metal vacuum tube that is attached to the cylinder head. A vacuum hose from the combi valve attaches to that tube... and at the other end of the tube, a hose goes from the tube to a vacuum solenoid under the intake manifold.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

#6 is the combi valve and #12 is the vacuum solenoid. i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/heelsrock3/vacuumrouting.jpg

@James-fl2ug 2 жыл бұрын

@@EXOVCDS thank you soo much buddy. I also have a p1340 code g28 or g40 allocation and it will start and run. Then 5 minutes later shut off. Could it be my camshaft sensor or combi age? valve.

@James-fl2ug 2 жыл бұрын

And what size hose fits the combi valve thanks man?

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

@@James-fl2ug wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/17748/P1340/004928 Don't worry about the combi valve for now. Check camshaft / crankshaft timing.

@V10PDTDI 2 жыл бұрын

the most annoying par of all this that it's not that they can't do it it's they don't want to do it because it would make them way more profit to sell you a brand new tool.

@EXOVCDS 2 жыл бұрын

The funny part is... Zeus has been out for 4 years.... the newest Zeus still only has a 64gb SSD. The product would be more enticing / sell better with better specs. The scope is fine, but it's borderline basic / minimum spes that are needed in the field.