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October 21st, 2001, 10:49 PM
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Strange Direct Scan problem....
I was using DS on my GN over and over and it worked just fine everytime.....havent used it in about a month now and i go to plug it up and it doesnt work...same laptop and all. It keeps throwing all this different info at me when the cars in the on position and when i crank it says hardware timeout. It worked just fine up until this point....any ideas??? TIA Jason
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.     
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October 21st, 2001, 11:02 PM
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Edge card sonnector maybe pushed into just a hair too much.
On mine, had ocassional weird problems, shorted the ecm cable to about a foot, and the parrarel cable is a 3'er now. No problems since doing that.
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October 21st, 2001, 11:07 PM
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Another strange thing is it gives me the right readings and all when i go into the display but after about 2 or 3 seconds it says hardware timeout.
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.
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October 22nd, 2001, 02:54 PM
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Edge connector flakyness. Just get it all cleaned up. They tend to corrode as time goes by. It's a thin film corrosion you can't see.
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TurboDave EWCS(SW) USN (Ret.) My Photo Gallery Email Us Sevierville, TN TranslatorPro MAFless fuel, spark and boost management 86 GN(TranslatorPro/ExtenderPro on speed density w/boost & fuel pump control,PLX-WB) (original owner) 87 GN (second owner) 84 L69 Z28 (original owner) 01 Excursion LTD 7.3L PSD(Power Stroke Diesel), Turbo, 4X2 08 Honda Accord EX-L, 270HP 3.5V6, AT
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October 22nd, 2001, 11:09 PM
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i used a Qtip and some rubbing alcohol and that did nothing...im gonna try scraping it with a razor blade and see what happens.
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.
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October 22nd, 2001, 11:33 PM
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well the razor blade did nothing as well and that connector is clean....in the scope mode the line will get half way across the screen before it gives me a hardware timeout....isnt that strange??? im beginning to think this is more of a pain than what its worth.
 Any more suggestions?
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.
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October 23rd, 2001, 12:09 AM
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could the printer cable end that goes to the laptop have some corrosion? Its just been sitting in my passenger seat for a month now.
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.
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October 23rd, 2001, 08:39 AM
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Sounds like your laptop is "timing out" the parallel port for some reason. I'd start looking at causes in the laptop setup.
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TurboDave EWCS(SW) USN (Ret.) My Photo Gallery Email Us Sevierville, TN TranslatorPro MAFless fuel, spark and boost management 86 GN(TranslatorPro/ExtenderPro on speed density w/boost & fuel pump control,PLX-WB) (original owner) 87 GN (second owner) 84 L69 Z28 (original owner) 01 Excursion LTD 7.3L PSD(Power Stroke Diesel), Turbo, 4X2 08 Honda Accord EX-L, 270HP 3.5V6, AT
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October 23rd, 2001, 02:42 PM
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From your description, it sounds like DS starts up and works fine for a short time (shows good data, etc) and then after a short time, it pops up with a hardware fault. Is this correct?
It's been my experience that DS is either going to hook and work or it's not. If there's a connection problem that's going to yield a hardware fault, it should do it right away, not after somewhat of a delay.
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TurboDave EWCS(SW) USN (Ret.) My Photo Gallery Email Us Sevierville, TN TranslatorPro MAFless fuel, spark and boost management 86 GN(TranslatorPro/ExtenderPro on speed density w/boost & fuel pump control,PLX-WB) (original owner) 87 GN (second owner) 84 L69 Z28 (original owner) 01 Excursion LTD 7.3L PSD(Power Stroke Diesel), Turbo, 4X2 08 Honda Accord EX-L, 270HP 3.5V6, AT
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October 23rd, 2001, 11:49 PM
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well now i changed laptops and it works for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes and then gives a hardware timeout....W Ttype can verify this he was there. sometimes it'd work for 5 minutes and sometimes 30 seconds.
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SOLD: 1987 Grand National Dyno'd at 570 RWHP / 540 RWTQ on a 100* day.
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