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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 07:33 PM
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another newbie ques..dataraseII

OK, I have rigged it to work with the door open (piece of a pen cap and black tape), I am using the stock chip and memcal attached. I put the memcal chip down with the window over the light and turn the eraser on. I have tried many different times(up to an hour) yet winbin says it is not erased. Am I missing something here?

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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 08:50 PM
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I'm not familiar with winbin, but are you selecting the correct chip type when you read it?
Have you tried other chip types just to SEE if it would do anything(different voltages?)

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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 08:54 PM
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I have read the chip fine, I am just having no luck in erasing it.

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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 10:39 PM
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old chips cant erase. burner plugged in, i did that when i started, couldnt ever get a chip erased. so i thought. or burned.
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Old Aug 22, 2001 | 11:49 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jmon92conv:
OK, I have rigged it to work with the door open (piece of a pen cap and black tape), I am using the stock chip and memcal attached. I put the memcal chip down with the window over the light and turn the eraser on. I have tried many different times(up to an hour) yet winbin says it is not erased. Am I missing something here?
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From time to time you will run into chips that just don't erase. Do you have another one to try to erase and write to?.
Most often it's a oem GM chip that just won't erase.

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Old Aug 22, 2001 | 01:54 PM
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All I have is the stock GM chip. Is it worth getting one out of a camaro in the junkyard and trying it?
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Old Aug 23, 2001 | 11:48 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jmon92conv:
All I have is the stock GM chip. Is it worth getting one out of a camaro in the junkyard and trying it?
Jeremy
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Might get a new one from the general, and see if that will work. If not then cut the oem prom off the memcal, and solder a ZIF socket or different prom in its place.

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