ECU Reflash Crash

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railtester
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ECU Reflash Crash

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I attempted my first reflash yesterday on my 2011 TL AWD. I had installed the program and turned off virus protection.

The Tune 2 re flash crashed at about 30%. I attempted to recover the ECU for about 4 hours. The recovery would usually crash somewhere between 8 and 84%. It finally did take and i was able to drive the car with no issues once I recharged the battery fully.

Any ideas what the issue is?
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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Sounds like your battery was low. It's recommended to use a charger if possible.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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I dont think that was it. I had no issues with the battery until like hour 2 of trying to recover the ecu.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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Perhaps you'd like to clarify what "crash" means?
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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An upload of the tune 2 stopped midway (about 30% progress) due to the program loaded on the computer not responding.

While attempting the recover the ecu (about 50 times before it made it to 100%), the program would stop responding anywhere from 8% to 84% progress. I would have to force close the program using windows task manager, then reopening Ktuner and trying again.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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Info about your system? Specifically RAM and available RAM at the time?
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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1.8GHZ dual core 1GB ram, was running about 50% open when viewing in task manager to close.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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The app does need quite a bit of RAM, since all of the supported tune files are in the app itself. I've updated the downloads page to reflect a higher RAM requirement. You're likely at the borderline and apparently pushing passed it.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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okay. Appreciate the insight.

Time to upgrade the computer LOL.
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Re: ECU Reflash Crash

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Not a bad idea with how RAM heavy things are these days!
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