I think ive Bricked my MK4
 

Hi everyone, Dont know where to start :yikes: :banghead: :bawling: :bawling: ok here goes...

I purchaced an 29.1 update on ebay, and used it in my mates bmw mk4, worked a treat so when i finally got my mk4 that wasn't the case. i put the car in 1st ignition, waited 2mins for everything to stabalize then i opened the boot and took out the 2004-1 dvd and put the update in. the the screen said, as normal it's in progress and will update my unit. (oh lord:( ) the screen went blank and stayed like that for 20mins well until i got out the seat went to the boot and saw the power light is no longer active, only the eject symbol was active. so i pressed it and the disc came out, but now nothing, absolutely nothing, other than a black screen with a subtle white background. ive downloaded 29.1 updates from here and the mk4 laughs at me, by making a few little noises like its gonna fire up then stops. Someone please tell me i havn't bricked it and to throw it in the bin.....I'm now back at square 1 on stuck me mk3 back in.... all that for pespective view aye .......

jay

The MkIV is much harder to "brick" then the MkIII. Make sure you have a good working OS disk and keep trying to load it. Good chance it will eventually take and you'll be in business.

Simmilar thing happend to me when i tried uppdate with cdrw, so i made new cdr when inserted it took looooooong before anything came upp about software uppdate but it finished fine and everything working fine now, try burn another cdr or clean the one you have


Good Luck

i did try that but nothing. i am using tdk cd-r80 to burn on i reckon ive blown it

does anyone want a bricked mk4 before i throw it at it??????

Sure, I'd take a crack at recovering it.

i can guarantee you it'll make u grab a cold beer out the fridge and the next day go to dealership asking for a new car. lol i can't even sleep anymore, as i keep trying the stupid thing at 3am aaaaaaaaargh

Smoked my share!
 

:yikes: D4rkchocolate I smoked a MK3 unit before trying to update it... eventually I sold it for $100 bucks! Ouch!

to make it worse mines a mk4

ok does anybody know where there is a mk4 specialist in the uk that takes on repairs?? i'm very much convinced that no cd can get this thing running again.....or the address for the vdo siemans place in germany i can send it to???