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Old 05-18-2011, 07:27 PM
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Well I pulled a good one , I am new to tuning and fried my ecm. Swapped a 6.0 4l80e into my CCSB had hptuners support do the segment swap for the tranny. I decided I would copy and paste the remaining files from the donor file. read the warning about the desired throttle area soo I decided not to copy this I went back and changed the area back to stock or so I thought...hopped in the truck rewrite calibration and truck goes apeshit, reduced engine power ect pegs and now it wont start or even click for that matter. I guess I will visit the junk yard for a new computer, should I get one out of a 2005 half ton or can I get one out of a 2005 2500 so I wont have to do the segment swap again. I have a lot to learn about tuning a little more to it than turning wrenches
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Sucks man... that's why I'm scared to try it. Guess it's one of those trial by fire, learn as you do things. Usually I'm all for something like that, not for my DD though.
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Did you do a "write calibration" or a "write entire"?
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
Did you do a "write calibration" or a "write entire"?
''Write calibration'' I read to use the other sparingly lol!!
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You have to do a "write entire" when you're doing a segment swap. Try that and maybe you will get lucky.

There's a writeup for this procedure on the HPT forum. Look it up and follow the directions given. Hope your PCM is okay.
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Hp tuners wont even communicate with my ecm now. FRIED!!! I dad a reply on tech that a guy could unbrick it for 75 bucks and that way I wouldnt waste my credits.
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