Inside will be a folder marked drivers with a PDF telling you how to install them. On your computer go to My computer then to the C drive then click on the folder marked BMW Scanner. Your computer will recognize new hardware and search for drivers, it will not find any. Plug in the scanner using the provided USB cable into your computer Run the installer program and save it to your desk top. Run the software disc that comes with it (must be used with windows XP or older) Unzip the installer tool Please note, that I have never soldered in my life, this was the first time and I was successful so don't be afraid, just take it slow. Turn it upside down (red and green LED lights are now facing down and locate pins 7 and 8 as shown here Remove the 4 screws and open up the OBD scanner to reveal the circuit board. Now once you buy it you can already read and clear basic error messages, if you want to do coding you will need a small (very small) phillips head screw driver, soldering iron and solder. Please note, in order to do the recoding you will have to have access to a soldering iron to connect two leads, I found this out the hard way, now you know so you can do this quicker and easier than me. one touch window roll down and up with the use of the key, no more day time running lights, or reactivate them, flashing lights when you lock/unlock the car, even tell the car that you now have HID's and also deactivate some of the OBC (on board computer) checks if you run LED lights and dont want error messages etc. The scanner will also code features in your car i.e. When your check engine light goes off codes are stored in the cars computer, this will allow you to read the actual errors (not just code numbers that you need to look up) and even erase them. What does the scanner do exactly? It allows you to read and erase error messages. The real deal scanners can cost several hundreds to several thousand dollars, but there are a few companies that make knock offs that work just the same. I recently purchased the BMW Scanner 1.4.0 online at a huge steal. ALSO BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR OLD CODING BEFORE DOING NEW CODING!Ī laptop or very accessible computer (to reach the car) running windows XP (you can use VM ware to run a virtual version of XP Like I did since I run windows 7 64 bit on my laptop)īMW Scanner 1.4.0 plus software (link below) You can damage your car if you are not careful, you have been warned. I posted this in the e46 section but figured I would do one here too since it's relevant to many other modelsĭISCLAIMER Do this at your own risk, I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong.

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