08-10-2012, 08:50 PM
I agree totally. I started this hobby that way because everything I ever ordered for this(premods, jtags,ttl's, pin headers, adapters,power supplies...it goes on and on) all seemed to take a year and a day to get shipped to my impatient little hands, and i tried desperately to do things w/o the right shit to no avail! Now that I already have all the right shit it's easy for me to say "just get such and such and move on with your life".
A perfect example is that I had a push start button in my work truck because it is such a tremendous PITFA to fix the $9.99 part that broke a year ago(for the 3rd time in 2 years, I might add, But by making it work my way, I bypassed a circuit that was very necessary to some other 19.99 POS sensor that eventually took out my 275.00 ECM..lesson learned, the hard way.
What does that have to do withthis hobby? Not much, but it's good to get advice to from someone who has already learned the hard way. That would be me!
here's some FREE advice that cost me dearly to learn in this hobby...
1. Don't use a .5 amp power supply on a cm that needs 1 amp just because the adapter fits in the hole!
2. Don't solder wires to a $150 D3 flash chip if your soldering skills and eyesight are not 100% ..lol
3. Don't open your sub and solder a header to it because you are to impatient for your premod to get to you from Taco's store!
4. Don't put Haxorware on a sb5100...twice!
5 Don't spend 4 weeks straight trying to program a cg814 with a pjtag because you're too cheap to buy a NT!
The best advice ever is this one...
DO NOT EVER, EVER, EVER DRINK PATRON SILVER FOR HOURS ON END THEN GET ON A FORUMN AND POST!! EVER!!
A perfect example is that I had a push start button in my work truck because it is such a tremendous PITFA to fix the $9.99 part that broke a year ago(for the 3rd time in 2 years, I might add, But by making it work my way, I bypassed a circuit that was very necessary to some other 19.99 POS sensor that eventually took out my 275.00 ECM..lesson learned, the hard way.
What does that have to do withthis hobby? Not much, but it's good to get advice to from someone who has already learned the hard way. That would be me!
here's some FREE advice that cost me dearly to learn in this hobby...
1. Don't use a .5 amp power supply on a cm that needs 1 amp just because the adapter fits in the hole!
2. Don't solder wires to a $150 D3 flash chip if your soldering skills and eyesight are not 100% ..lol
3. Don't open your sub and solder a header to it because you are to impatient for your premod to get to you from Taco's store!
4. Don't put Haxorware on a sb5100...twice!
5 Don't spend 4 weeks straight trying to program a cg814 with a pjtag because you're too cheap to buy a NT!
The best advice ever is this one...
DO NOT EVER, EVER, EVER DRINK PATRON SILVER FOR HOURS ON END THEN GET ON A FORUMN AND POST!! EVER!!