lost power while flashing PCM
#1
lost power while flashing PCM
well it happened. I lost the power to my laptop while flashing my pcm and I cannot reflash it with Winflash. Any other suggestions or is the PCM fucked? I'm about ready to sell it. It seems like the only mod missing is a for sale sign these days.
Last edited by flak_monkey; 04-04-2010 at 06:25 PM.
#3
TunerCATS has a standalone program called winflash. Now I still have the stock PCM file saved as a *bin and every subsequent *.bin file that I've loaded to my car. I have a copy of TunerCATS' RTTuner but I've not used it yet. I admittedly don't know a whole lot about tuning, as evident by my ridiculous use of a laptop that had the potential to lose power. Can I use CATS RTTuner to do some sort of recovery or did I brick the ******?
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Not seeing a recovery option in the winflash that I have. Or can I unplug the battery and reset the PCM and try to get it to communicate? Hmmmm. Should be a fun day tomorrow.
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thats happened to me before and i have efi live. id just plug the laptop into the cigg port. charge it up a bit and reflash. no problems. def dont try to start the car until you do though.
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Once in a while I have been able to remove the pcm fuse, key on, then off and put the fuse back in and re-establish communication, but this time it was a no go, I cannot read it anymore without the error code. If its an OBD1 PCM Andrew Mattie of AKM cables can repair those...