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Old 05-10-2022, 07:39 PM
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I didn't do anything for my car today, but I did obtain a laptop that I can run PA soft on. I have been without a personal laptop for a couple of years. My boss offered to give me my old work laptop that I stopped using about a year ago. It is Windows 10 but it's a very nice high-end business-grade PC, and I have figured out how to get the Windows 10 USB drivers working after much weeping and gnashing of teeth, so it will do the trick. Finally I can code again.
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Bdc101,
Can you link the cable used? I’ll be going WIN10 for INPA and DIS software. Did you use any older compatibility settings?
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Can you link the cable used? I’ll be going WIN10 for INPA and DIS software. Did you use any older compatibility settings?
I like the Bimmergeeks cables: https://www.bimmergeeks.net

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Can you link the cable used? I’ll be going WIN10 for INPA and DIS software. Did you use any older compatibility settings?

I had a LOT of trouble getting a Windows 10 laptop to talk to PA Soft/BMW Scanner.



The first problem is that people who have it working think it is easy. I think your difficulties will vary depending on the exact PC you are using and the version of windows. For me, I had to install a particular flavor of a particular USB driver and reinstall it every time I wanted to use it, because Windows 10 will blow it away regularly and there is no way to stop it from doing so. Wading through tons of forum posts to find the exact thing to do (since there are no published instructions that match my issues) was a lot of time.



Second, I made the mistake of buying a cheap chinese cable off ebay first. It worked the first few weeks I had it, and then never worked again. I was able to identify it as broken and bought the correct cable from the place in the UK. (I would have to do some digging to find the actual place, the name escapes me right now.) The bimmergeeks cable looks legit though, hopefully that is a good one.
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I had a LOT of trouble getting a Windows 10 laptop to talk to PA Soft/BMW Scanner.



The first problem is that people who have it working think it is easy. I think your difficulties will vary depending on the exact PC you are using and the version of windows. For me, I had to install a particular flavor of a particular USB driver and reinstall it every time I wanted to use it, because Windows 10 will blow it away regularly and there is no way to stop it from doing so. Wading through tons of forum posts to find the exact thing to do (since there are no published instructions that match my issues) was a lot of time.



Second, I made the mistake of buying a cheap chinese cable off ebay first. It worked the first few weeks I had it, and then never worked again. I was able to identify it as broken and bought the correct cable from the place in the UK. (I would have to do some digging to find the actual place, the name escapes me right now.) The bimmergeeks cable looks legit though, hopefully that is a good one.
The FTDI driver may still be bricking some of the cheaper cables using counterfeit chips. That's been a problem in the past.
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The FTDI driver may still be bricking some of the cheaper cables using counterfeit chips. That's been a problem in the past.

It certainly could have been my problem, but like I said, it did work the first few times after I figured out the USB drivers. I had also read that the cheaper cable had soldering issues with a couple of pins, which might also have been the problem.



Either way, I learned my lesson buying the cheap chinese version of something. Their ebay shop even closed up and renamed themselves by the time the cable had failed. Couldn't even leave them feedback or try to get a refund. This was actually one of the many reasons that led me to try to go through my life without buying anything made in china. But you didn't come here to hear me get on a soap box.
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Old 05-11-2022, 01:43 PM
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Either way, I learned my lesson buying the cheap chinese version of something.

Definitely keep those “too good too be true” priced parts out of you E53. Pain usually follows.
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Made the mistake of saying that the Witch was doing good and had no problems......

Well she killed her MAF on the way home. That's what I get for mentioning anything about the White Witch!!


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Made the mistake of saying that the Witch was doing good and had no problems......

Well she killed her MAF on the way home. That's what I get for mentioning anything about the White Witch!!


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Didn't you recently replace a MAF?
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