Any SCT Livewire owners?...

NotA5oh

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Jun 3, 2009

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• Jun 3, 2009

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I just got my SCT Livewire from fed ex today and following the instructions that were stuck right on the unit, I hooked it up to my laptop and downloaded the latest firmware. The unit would not work, it just said checking memory ect and didnt light up. So I searched around the SCT threads and tried google, and came up with an older firmware. I installed that and now the unit lights up but I cant read the screen at all. The wheel makes clicking noises but thats about it.

Hopefully someone has some experience or advice about this

 

tag4car

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Jun 4, 2009

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• Jun 4, 2009

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been there done that, call or email tech support w/ ur situation, most likely they will walk you through flashing the livewire and reinstalling the software. I'm not particularly happy with mine...

 

NotA5oh

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Jun 4, 2009

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• Jun 4, 2009

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Yeah I haven't been able to get any response from the phone line, email and live support chat all day and I spent 4 hours lastnight searching every thread on the livewire board

 

NotA5oh

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Jun 4, 2009

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• Jun 4, 2009

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Finally got threw on the phone. The guy was nice, and tried to help but after trying 3 types of firmware and 2 more update softwares it still wouldn't work. They gave me a RMU and now I have to send it in So much for playing with my new toy this weekend

 

NotA5oh

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Jun 5, 2009

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• Jun 5, 2009

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Surprisingly enough I got the thing to work! They told me sometimes the memory card comes loose and I should try hitting the side of it to knock the card back into place and it actually worked. Now that it's updated and loaded into my ecu I am impressed. Not so much with the power gains but the smoothness of power and low end tq.

 

GDawg

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Jun 6, 2009

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• Jun 6, 2009

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Hitting the side of it...? That doesn't sound good. Couldn't you just push it in? That's like banging on your TV to get it to work.

 

Pearl02

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Jun 7, 2009

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• Jun 7, 2009

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GDawg said:

Hitting the side of it...? That doesn't sound good. Couldn't you just push it in? That's like banging on your TV to get it to work.

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My thought exactly. Pearl02.

 

NotA5oh

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Jun 7, 2009

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• Jun 7, 2009

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Yeah it reminded me of slapping the old sega and super nintendo games

But I didnt want to take it apart and void the warranty, and it managed to actually work. I'm still going to send it in for a permanent fix.