Car wont start with chip 506 413 bmw e36

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wellsdavid404
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Car wont start with chip 506 413 bmw e36

Post by wellsdavid404 »

Hey guys, I tuned my car with evilm's xdf and now i want to remove the ostrich emulator and use it on another car.

I tried burning the tune to both 256 and 512 chips but the cars wont turn on. The cherck engine light wont even turn on with the tune burned to a chip. Put back in the factory chip or plug back in the emulator everything works fine. Am i missing some setting to make this work with the chip or am i possibly burning it wrong?

I have an old gq chip burner im trying to use, maybe im using the wrong offsets?
Mykk
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Post by Mykk »

Just my .02¢... I'm currently learning about Checksums, and since it's on the fore front of my mind I'm going to suggest checking it out to rule it out. Because when you're a hammer every problem looks like a nail.

Goto XDF Menu > View/Edit XDF Header info> Checksums tab....Is it blank?

If so you're going to need to manually update the Checksum before burning to chip.

Is there a Checksum file info loaded in that tab? Then you are going to need to save any changes in the .bin to your computer before burning a chip as the Checksum update doesn't happen until the file is saved.

For my knowledge, Is there a problem leaving the Ostrich long term? That's what I intend on doing with mine.
evilm3666
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Post by evilm3666 »

It's not the checksum. It will only trip a CEL . You need to confirm your burn. Take the tune from the chip that runs, read it out and burn it to another chip and see if it starts.
wellsdavid404
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Post by wellsdavid404 »

Mykk wrote:Just my .02¢... I'm currently learning about Checksums, and since it's on the fore front of my mind I'm going to suggest checking it out to rule it out. Because when you're a hammer every problem looks like a nail.

Goto XDF Menu > View/Edit XDF Header info> Checksums tab....Is it blank?

If so you're going to need to manually update the Checksum before burning to chip.

Is there a Checksum file info loaded in that tab? Then you are going to need to save any changes in the .bin to your computer before burning a chip as the Checksum update doesn't happen until the file is saved.

For my knowledge, Is there a problem leaving the Ostrich long term? That's what I intend on doing with mine.
you can just reuse the ostrich for other friends cars :D
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