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crash85
October 29th, 2011, 10:29 AM
I burnt my old ecm and got a used on and had it flashed at the dealership this morning and i tried to reinstall my tunes and its asking to licenses the ecm. what do i need to do?
minytrker
October 29th, 2011, 03:00 PM
Yes,

It license the actual ecm.
crash85
October 29th, 2011, 03:18 PM
ok thanks
crash85
October 31st, 2011, 08:39 AM
so i need to get another licence ? the truck was tuned before
ScarabEpic22
October 31st, 2011, 08:58 AM
so i need to get another licence ? the truck was tuned before

Yes, the moniker "VIN license" is a little deceiving in my opinion. Should be "Licensed to controller serial number" as each controller requires its own license. For example, just because 2 ECMs have the same VIN and OS, the serial number will be different and you will need 2 licenses to tune both controllers.

What happened to the old ECM?
crash85
October 31st, 2011, 12:18 PM
i was tunning it and my lap top died right after it erased the ecm and i couldnt get connected back to it
ScarabEpic22
October 31st, 2011, 12:39 PM
i was tunning it and my lap top died right after it erased the ecm and i couldnt get connected back to it

Do you still have the ECM? Have you tried full flashing it? Were you performing a full flash when it died?
crash85
October 31st, 2011, 12:53 PM
yea i still have it and i was in the middle of a full flash
Blacky
October 31st, 2011, 04:58 PM
If you send a scanned copy of the receipt for the replacment controller, we'll replace your VIN license free of charge.
Send the scan to me at paul@efilive.com

Regards
Paul
ScarabEpic22
November 1st, 2011, 05:35 AM
yea i still have it and i was in the middle of a full flash

If it was in the middle of a flash and not at the very beginning (first 10sec of a full flash) then the ECM should be recoverable. Did you send trace files to support to see if the ECM is really dead?
crash85
November 1st, 2011, 08:56 AM
i bought an used ecm off a friend and had it flashed at the dealership. i could get him to write me a recipt and i can attach the reflash recipt from the dealership to
crash85
November 1st, 2011, 08:57 AM
not sure on how to send a trace file ? I took it to the dealership and see if the could connect to it and they couldnt read it so i got another one
ScarabEpic22
November 1st, 2011, 12:43 PM
Take a look at this support post: How to Capture Trace Files (http://support.efilive.com/kb_article.php?ref=8254-QOGC-9586)