Hypertech programming gone BAD!!!!
Hypertech programming gone BAD!!!! I bought this hypertech tuner fro my 1998 camaro Z28 of ebay. Well I start to to tune the car but right in the middle of doing that the battery dies on the car. Now the car won't start and I called the people at hypertech and they said i need to flash the Pcm again. does anybody now of away I can get around not have to have to do that. and also what you think I'm gonna be looking at to get the pcm reflashed. 
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Something to try, not sure if it'll work. Disconnect the battery, charge it - then try to resume the tuning. At what point did it fail? If the stock tune was already stored you can also try to reinstall it. Worked for a guy with a superchips handheld I talked with, not sure on HPP3. HPP3 takes a long time to program, battery voltage is always critical.
Last edited by 2001NBMZ28; Dec 14, 2006 at 06:00 PM.
a blank 98 pcm cannot be "flashed" if the bootloader is erased. You will need to pull the chip off and program it that way.
Do their products still take 20-30 minutes to flash a pcm? When I used mine (like 4 years ago) it took FOREVER to flash.
Ryan
Do their products still take 20-30 minutes to flash a pcm? When I used mine (like 4 years ago) it took FOREVER to flash.
Ryan
When I was using my Hypertech, I fell asleep waiting for it. Wifey came out about 2 hrs afterwards and found me slumped over in my car.
Oh.. BTW... My HPtuner died in the middle of a load. I did exactly what they said to do when it fails... start over with the last good tune. It worked but I'll admit, my heart skipped a couple of beats.
Oh.. BTW... My HPtuner died in the middle of a load. I did exactly what they said to do when it fails... start over with the last good tune. It worked but I'll admit, my heart skipped a couple of beats.
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Originally Posted by foff667
I don't think I've ever necessarily read a thread titled "Hypertech programming gone GOOD!" lol
Sounds like your computer is fried, good luck though.
Sounds like your computer is fried, good luck though.
I would take Wait4me up on his offer and make sure to to ditch the Hypertech.
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im in the christmas mood, I may just put on a free performance tune on it while it is here.
Originally Posted by Todd157k
When I was using my Hypertech, I fell asleep waiting for it. Wifey came out about 2 hrs afterwards and found me slumped over in my car.
