[charleslong]

Hey guys, I am trying to get my DS to work, but when its hooked up in the car it is saying DS hardware could not be found.

 

[Doc1of7]

Hey guys, I am trying to get my DS to work, but when its hooked up in the car it is saying DS hardware could not be found.

The edge car connector on the ecm needs to be perfectly clean. The covering is clear and hard to see, it's easy not to get it clean enough.

 

[charleslong]

The edge car connector on the ecm needs to be perfectly clean. The covering is clear and hard to see, it's easy not to get it clean enough.

ok, so it wont work if the connection between the computer and the DS hardware isnt connected perfectly?
Thanks
Charles

 

[JBenn911]

Bruce is dead on...I ended up pulling the covering off of my ecm and scrubbing it gently with a scotchbrite pad and q-tips with nail polish remover

 

[ack123]

I recently picked up a GN and it came with DS. I found that running DS over DOS, and not running a DOS prompt from a newer windows OS, cleared up a bunch or strange behaviors within DS. :headbang:

 

[Steve Wood]

ok, so it wont work if the connection between the computer and the DS hardware isnt connected perfectly?
Thanks
Charles

perfectly clean! And it has to be run thru DOS. I use a DOS boot disk I downloaded.

 

[Doc1of7]

perfectly clean! And it has to be run thru DOS. I use a DOS boot disk I downloaded.

Do you use DOS boots when walking amongst the goats?...

 

[Steve Wood]

Why, of course, I do!

 

[chrisgarrett46]

perfectly clean! And it has to be run thru DOS. I use a DOS boot disk I downloaded.

Steve, are able to run DS on Window XP with the dos boot?

I found this:
http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

[Steve Wood]

I have 2000 PRO on my laptop. Works perfectly. Far as I know, it works the same with xp. I use that disk.

 

[charleslong]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies, I cleaned the connectors of and then discovered that the car needed to be running in order for the hardware to be seen. There was a ton of glyptal on the connector before I had cleaned it.
It is now working, thanks for the help.

 

[GNCOL]

Who sells DS?

 

[charleslong]

Who sells DS?

Check this site, http://chuengineering.com/

 

[GNCOL]

Thanks Charles.

 

[charleslong]

Thanks Charles.

Your welcome. :6:

 

[fuelie6]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies, I cleaned the connectors of and then discovered that the car needed to be running in order for the hardware to be seen. There was a ton of glyptal on the connector before I had cleaned it.
It is now working, thanks for the help.

The car does not have to be running----just put the key in the ignition on position. HTH, Brian

 

[fuelie6]

Who sells DS?

Quad Air. #440-235-3232

 

[GNCOL]

Thanks fuelie6.

 

[Steve Wood]

Conley's performance plus sells them as well. Right there in Houston with Kent for fast turn around and service if there is a problem

 

[GNCOL]

Thanks Steve. More data may help me ID my problem.