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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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Started to have a tps problem so i unplugged the tps connector and found it was dirt so i cleaned it and plugged it back in and boom the car died so i said okay normal. so i went to start it back up and nothing so i plugged the laptop in and no com whats so ever. so now im like wtf, so i too it out and apart and the trace for pin 1b is burnt so i fix that and still not working so i try reflashing my firmware no luck there ether. so what could it be here is a screen shot of me trying new firmware.
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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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Ben the car is not needed and i would love to send it to you guys to have you guy look at it and repair it for me.
Old Aug 30, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Was that on the bench with a power supply, or on the car?
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Old Aug 30, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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its not communicating with your MS, make certain the com port is valid.
Old Aug 30, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Cramer
Was that on the bench with a power supply, or on the car?
this is with a 12v 1a power supply but also got same results in the car.
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its not communicating with your MS, make certain the com port is valid.
yes i check so many times and it always said com4
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Going to try plugging it into my desktop without the usb adapter. hoping this works.
Old Aug 31, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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Ben i got it to flash by using just the serial cable thanks a bunch. =]

fixed the burnt trace and reloaded a new map and now she runs.

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