Guys.. take a hint from me....
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Guys.. take a hint from me....
Make ABSOLUTELY SURE .. you're battery is 100% charged in the car before you write to a PROM ... my battery just died on me right in the middle of programming. I now have a giant paper weight sitting in my kitchen :( :cry :cry
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Glock'94)
There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
That sucks though. Sorry to hear that. Must be torture not being able to drive the car now.
:cry :cry :cry
That sucks though. Sorry to hear that. Must be torture not being able to drive the car now.
:cry :cry :cry
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Marcho Polo)
There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
That sucks though. Sorry to hear that. Must be torture not being able to drive the car now.
:cry :cry :cry
That sucks though. Sorry to hear that. Must be torture not being able to drive the car now.
:cry :cry :cry
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Glock'94)
Although that seems to be a long time and alot of money, I think that's your best solution. That way you have extra chips to mess with. I always have a spare chip with stock programming or the last known good programming handy.
At least that way, you'll never have the problem again!
At least that way, you'll never have the problem again!
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (I_HATE_Mustangs)
I leave mine connected to the battery charger when programming if at all possible. Sorry to hear it.
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Marcho Polo)
There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (vettes rule)
It's inside that aluminum ridged box above the battery. On the '94-'95's .. you can't just take a chip out to program it .. you have to flash program it.
The reason I'm taking my chip out (when you're not supposed to), is because I destroyed it and the computer won't let me flash it any more :(
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=226266
[Modified by Glock'94, 5:02 PM 1/25/2002]
The reason I'm taking my chip out (when you're not supposed to), is because I destroyed it and the computer won't let me flash it any more :(
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=226266
[Modified by Glock'94, 5:02 PM 1/25/2002]
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Glock'94)
This is why I am going to buy a few extra chips and burn a copy of my factory chip. That one will be for emissions and other trouble shooting stuff and the others will be for playing with. Safest way I can think of. Sorry man. Can you still at least eat with it in the kitchen?? :seeya
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Glock'94)
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There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
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I think the guy you're referring to is Craig Moates. Go over to the C4 tech page amd you'll see his post talking about the device and a link to his web page.
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There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
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I think the guy you're referring to is Craig Moates. Go over to the C4 tech page amd you'll see his post talking about the device and a link to his web page.
Joe
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (stuntman)
Actually it's Andrew from akmcables.com . He's sending me a new chip, and I'm going to solder that on. If I have this problem again, I will ship it to him to put the socket on. Right now I want the car to run, i don't have time to be down for another 4-5 days.
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (stuntman)
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There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
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I think the guy you're referring to is Craig Moates. Go over to the C4 tech page amd you'll see his post talking about the device and a link to his web page.
Joe
There's a guy that can unsolder the eeprom and put a socket in it's place so that you can have a removeable chip. I don't remember who it is.... maybe AKM? Somebody remember?
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I think the guy you're referring to is Craig Moates. Go over to the C4 tech page amd you'll see his post talking about the device and a link to his web page.
Joe
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (black bart)
:( :cry :sad: :sad: :sad: :nonod: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=227409
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Re: Guys.. take a hint from me.... (Glock'94)
found this on the DFI-EFI.org site:
So you're NOT supposed to have a battery charger hooked up at the same time as programming?!?! well poopie .. NOW I find out about that.
We hear horror stories all the time--some of the shops that have the GM reflash equipment for performing upgrades have
inadvertently let voltage drop, or used a battery charger when doing a reflash--and have lost communication part way through
the deal--only fix I've heard of is a new PCM. Hope someone else has better news...
inadvertently let voltage drop, or used a battery charger when doing a reflash--and have lost communication part way through
the deal--only fix I've heard of is a new PCM. Hope someone else has better news...