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May 1, 2012 | 11:21 PM

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posting this a second time in max font was definitely helpful

In case people missed in when scrolling to the bottom

May 1, 2012 | 11:34 PM

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bricked ecu. same thing happened to me. never turn the ignition off if your flash fails. you might have been able to salvage it if you hooked up a jumper to the battery and tried to reconnect and reflash the ecu.

May 2, 2012 | 12:05 AM

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We tried that after haha. I took the ECU out for him and hes gonna try and have a friend drop it off to tactrix tomorrow, good thing they relocated to SF

May 2, 2012 | 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by NorCalDC5

We tried that after haha. I took the ECU out for him and hes gonna try and have a friend drop it off to tactrix tomorrow, good thing they relocated to SF

Oh did they? Well damn, lemme know how much he gets charged cause I have an extra ECU that needs to be serviced.

May 2, 2012 | 04:03 AM

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its almost like most of the Electronics are Controlled by a special Unit which isnt working

May 2, 2012 | 09:35 PM

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its almost like most of the electronics are controlled by a special unit which isnt working

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May 2, 2012 | 11:56 PM

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Oh did they? Well damn, lemme know how much he gets charged cause I have an extra ECU that needs to be serviced.

Will do, he dropped it off today.

May 3, 2012 | 07:55 AM

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Did you review the ECU Flash guide? It has some advice for situations such as these.

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Originally Posted by aznpride65o

I think you might have ran out of memory in the ECU i heard the ECU's have a certain amount of memory and every time you flash a map onto the ECU you are using up that memory. You could have possibly bricked the ecu im not 100% sure though so dont hold it to me.

Stop posting info that you "heard" and are "not 100% sure of". This is how misinformation is spread.

May 3, 2012 | 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by aboothman

Did you review the ECU Flash guide? It has some advice for situations such as these.

Stop posting info that you "heard" and are "not 100% sure of". This is how misinformation is spread.

This is a possible situation, not misinformation.

Better than posting up nothing useful like you and me.

Lol what an arrogant *** post. Might want to do some reading before ya spout off.

May 3, 2012 | 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by slow04wrx

This is a possible situation, not misinformation.

Better than posting up nothing useful like you and me.

Lol what an arrogant *** post. Might want to do some reading before ya spout off.

hey; **** YOU. You obviously skipped the FIRST LINE of my post where I recommended reviewing the ECU Flash manual as it mentions what to do in these situations. ****ing troll.