More RR problems 3rd one died after 30 sec

[minytrker]

My 3rd rr died only after 30 secs. I started my car and played with the idle speeds for about 30sec. Later I tried to mess with it again and got the dreaded cannot communicate with rr. Please tell me Im not the only that is having problems with there's. I tune 6-7 days a week and depend on my stuff to work, so the rr was a great tool to buy because its such a kick ass product. So far my rr has spent more time in the mail back and forth between me and Craig. Anyone else out there gone through this?
I really dont think its my laptop because it done it on both of them. I also dont think its any driver issue or anything because 2 of the 3 rr did work for a few weeks. I hope its something I have set wrong, but I doubt since I have had the rr working already.

[Tordne]

Do you find that lights get brighter (or dim) when you walk past?

I've had my RoadRunner permanently installed for months now and no issues (asside from the known DC car adapter issue). It has done thousands of KMs with me and no hiccup at all!

[Doc]

Man that really blows. Knocking on wood...I have been taking my RR in and out of litterally dozens of cars since I got it over a year ago with no problems whatsoever.

[minytrker]

They have each had there problems. The very first one, never did work right and took about an hour to get to work with each car, then it just quit doing live updates, guess the chip went out. The second lasted for awhile and I tuned several cars with it and even had it in my car for about 2 weeks. It then died while tuning a car after we stopped for gas. I turned off the car and it wouldnt start or do anything, the actual pcm part of the rr went out. On to the third one, well it only lasted a few mins and I think the chip went out. Im hoping its a driver issue but since it was working for a little while I dont see it being that. Iam really close to giving up on the rr but I love using it to much. I just cant keep sending the back and waiting all the time.

[ringram]

Mine wont flash to 12.14R but otherwise seems fine.

[TAQuickness]

Minytrker - All three died when they were installed in your vehicle?

[minytrker]

No, three differnt cars.

[Craig Moates]

Don't worry, we'll get you squared away.

[MCG]

When one of mine quit working, I sent it back to Craig and he sent me his personal one that was working to try. Same thing with it, the RR would work well for a while, then it would cause the car to die, not start, etc. So, I knew it was something on my end and not with the RR itself.

After a lot of debugging, I traced it down to voltage spikes through my car adapter that bounced the voltage to the USB port and would wig out the RR. It took a long time to figure this out, but I switched over to a heavy duty adapter and have never had a problem since.

[minytrker]

I dont use any adapters. Each of the rr died differntly and after differnt time frames. This rr only worked for 30 sec. The previous one worked for a couple of months without any problem till the actual pcm part of it died.