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    Wondering if anyone played with this more? Thinking of ordering this one.

    http://www.obdii365.com/wholesale/ne...-function.html

    Can you write with it?

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    I have on LS1 512k and 1mb and E38. I have cloned several 0411 ecms and cloned a 1mb. I wasnt able to on an e38 though. Read and write works on all three. I bought an ebay Fgtecg that did not work at all i purchased the one posted in the thread earlier on.

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    I couldn't write with mine. While writing it stopped and got frozen.After I broke 2 Pcm 0411, I stopped using FG2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roughneck427 View Post
    I have on LS1 512k and 1mb and E38. I have cloned several 0411 ecms and cloned a 1mb. I wasnt able to on an e38 though. Read and write works on all three. I bought an ebay Fgtecg that did not work at all i purchased the one posted in the thread earlier on.
    Which link did you buy from exactly? I dont care about 512 and 1mb pcms, I have cables for that. But if I can read/write e38s its worth it to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mecanicman View Post
    Which link did you buy from exactly? I dont care about 512 and 1mb pcms, I have cables for that. But if I can read/write e38s its worth it to me.
    http://m.dhgate.com/product/bdm-fram...246173209.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by mecanicman View Post
    Wondering if anyone played with this more? Thinking of ordering this one.

    http://www.obdii365.com/wholesale/ne...-function.html

    Can you write with it?
    I have tried it on LS1A pcm, LS1B pcms works great on those particular units expect where i had this case of a P04 N body style pcm fg tech kept throwing com errors , have also successfully read P10 6 inline as well as E38 pcms, black box reading was a failure.

    Can you guys please report what have worked for you and what not, your input is needed for the next cheap guy

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    The cables (even the AVT cables) Only have about 7 bucks worth of parts in them anymore. I've been doing RF PCB stuff, and after moving over to surface-mount components I spend 100X less on components than I did in the old through-hole days. Combine that with Chinese PCB fabs and pick-and-place machines, and for 10 bucks each you can build them 10K units at a time...

    The only thing you're paying for is the guy who wrote the software's time. Seeing as the software was probably ripped from someone else's project, most of those sales are just pure profit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ahmy View Post
    I have tried it on LS1A pcm, LS1B pcms works great on those particular units expect where i had this case of a P04 N body style pcm fg tech kept throwing com errors , have also successfully read P10 6 inline as well as E38 pcms, black box reading was a failure.

    Can you guys please report what have worked for you and what not, your input is needed for the next cheap guy
    Done more testing on the 0411 pcms FG fails @ completing a full write but was capable of reading it just fine.

    Tested PCMs

    LS1A 512kb = read ok , writing works occasionally
    LS1B 1mb = read + write
    E38 = read + write
    P10 = read + write
    P04 = Fails @ both

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    Quote Originally Posted by ahmy View Post
    Done more testing on the 0411 pcms FG fails @ completing a full write but was capable of reading it just fine.

    Tested PCMs

    LS1A 512kb = read ok , writing works occasionally
    LS1B 1mb = read + write
    E38 = read + write
    P10 = read + write
    P04 = Fails @ both
    Where did you buy yours?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mecanicman View Post
    Where did you buy yours?
    Just buy the cheapest one and do a hardware rework on the PCB and update the firmware or get a EURO clone which is a slightly better pcb with upgraded components.

    https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...345117032.html

    Rework guide = http://cartechnology.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=6937

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    This is probably a stupid question, but do you have to be able to break the seed/key code in order for this to work? Or does it do something different, where it doesn't need to worry about the seed/key in order to be able to download the bin?

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    bump for a non broken link to working fg tech software

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