i do not have a laptop to access the cars ecu for eflashes. i dont really need a laptop for anything else, so i want to get the cheapest one that can do the job. there are a ton on ebay, i'm not sure what i need in a laptop to get the job done. other than a usb port, do i need XP? if i need to datalog do i have to have alot of RAM and how big of a harddrive is needed? thanks for any input.

bone

 

XP is better than 2000 for ECUflash because you don't need to manually move dlls around, and the latest serial port drivers had probs on my old 2000 laptop. However, I only ran into probs to use the Universal cable to do a Subaru as well.

Otherwise my PII 300 96MB 4GB Thinkpad on Windows 2000 did fine for ECUflash and Evoscan, but my new cheapy Core Duo 1024 MB 120GB Fujitsu is much slicker to use.

 

i used my desktop PC with a long USB extension cord out the window to my car.

 

i could easily do this. but would i need to have a PC in the car for other things in the future?

also, i did search some, i have a IX, so if i order an EcuFlash can i save the stock configuration to put back in if i needed? thanks

bone

 

just get an extension cord for your computer.. and put it right in your car... wont be able to log though... you do need a laptop for logging.. innovate sells a thing for 200 autobox i think... and it records logs onto an SD card

cheers!