My experience with a laptop GT1

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by cjawahir

thanks for the reply , I think the yellow multiplexer will work with the x5 up till 2005 , and will need the orange multiplexer for the newer model .

I spoke to yohotech and they sell the gt1 with the dvd cd so i dont need to buy the HDD, but can you tell me if the process to install the DVD is it difficult . any special thing I have to do .

cj

Yes, its my understanding that the yellow multiplexer SHOULD work with DIS v55. However, two important points to consider:

1) It has not been CONFIRMED to actually work with DIS v55. Meaning, none of us has actually installed v55 AND got it to see the yellow multiplexer. Not saying it doesn't just that we can't say a definite yes yet.

2) More importantly, even if it does work with v55, you will only be able to DIAGNOSE with v55. If you actually want to encode/program, you need to use SSS not DIS.

SSS, I believe, uses a different diagnostic head (OPS/OPPS) to program which NONE of us have right now. None of us have installed SSS yet.

For now, I'm concentrating on using DIS v43 because I KNOW that will diagnose and program the X. I will leave the VMware stuff to others for now.

Hopefully, that makes it a bit clearer.

EDIT: To answer your question about installing VMware and DIS v55, it SEEMS easy enough to install. However, as I explained above, none of us have confirmed it actually works with the yellow multiplexer - so, in turn, can't definitely say "yes, its easy to install and you don't need to do anything special".