Bad Superchip????
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Bad Superchip????
Has anyone ever had a superchip go "bad"? I had one installed on my 2000 F-250 powerstroke and then sold the truck and kept the chip b/c Superchips said it could be reprogrammed for my 2000 F-250 V-10(Same chip). I went to have it reprogrammed by an authorized dealer and he said it had a "bad" spot on it and it could not be erased or reprogrammed. Can that be?? Too much money on a peice of electronics that supposed to be able to be reprogrammed. Any advice besides adding a couple of treble hooks and making it a new fishing lure?
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Bad Superchip????
Well,
after posting that above, I decided to call superchips and they confirmed it for me. on the older chips, if you try to put a new update vice the previous update for that chip it will burn an internal fuse making it useless...but they will replace the chip at the regular re-programming fee of $125. It's better than double that for a new one and a tad cheaper than a tuner. Superchips said the tuner and chip(with lastest flash update) are almost identical in features for the V-10 with the exception of the diagnostics feature. So if you're looking for a cheaper way out on the tuning; go with a chip and get your diagnostics done for free at Autozone!!
after posting that above, I decided to call superchips and they confirmed it for me. on the older chips, if you try to put a new update vice the previous update for that chip it will burn an internal fuse making it useless...but they will replace the chip at the regular re-programming fee of $125. It's better than double that for a new one and a tad cheaper than a tuner. Superchips said the tuner and chip(with lastest flash update) are almost identical in features for the V-10 with the exception of the diagnostics feature. So if you're looking for a cheaper way out on the tuning; go with a chip and get your diagnostics done for free at Autozone!!
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Bad Superchip????
With the Superchips, there are older chips that have slightly smaller ROMs that will not take the existing programs Superchips makes. If you try to attach one to a Superchips chip programmer the only thing it will do is complain about the size mismatch and refuse to program it --- they don't actually burn out.
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