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[markey mark]

has any one near me got a cheapo tech 2 i could borrow for an evening to try a nd sort out my dads facelift 2.2 please  

[markey mark]

ok then weres the best place to buy one from ?? and get it here quickly !!

[Jimbob]

Mine was the cheapest on ebay, took about a week from china.
was £20 near enough.
Spend £30, and there was a company in london doing them, would have thought they could get you one in a day or 2

[Marie]

this is something i would be interesting in getting too. can any body recommend any of ebay?

[Jimbob]

1st of all, have you got a laptop with a real serial port you can use it with?
Usb ones, or usb to serial adapters seem very flaky, if they even work

at least you with a 2.0 can paperclip, Mark cannot with a 2.2.

If you can use them very handy for checking for codes, ive also had to reset my airbag light a fair few times, well worth the money.

[mkaminski100]

What software do you use? Most of them can only read and delete codes and read car parameters.

[Jimbob]

I use the dodgy hungarian software...
Am also testing a slightly amended more english Omega specific one.

Reading reseting codes is all it is good for.
It won't talk to most ECU's, but does to talk to engine and airbag, which has been enough for me so far.

Very limited I admit, but for about £30, it has paid for itself many times over for me.

[Kevin Wood]

Cheapo Tech2 does seem better on later cars. It will read codes from most systems on my MY03 car. It is a bit fussy about what it runs on, though, and most modern lap tops are out due to lack of a serial port.

Kevin

[Andy B]

.......
Very limited I admit, but for about £30, it has paid for itself many times over for me.

.... and if you already have (access to) a compatable lap top it pays for itself the very first time you successfully use it.

[markey mark]

i have a good laptop but what does a serial port look like ? bit of dumb question i know but not that well up on laptops !!!

[TheBoy]

i have a good laptop but what does a serial port look like ? bit of dumb question i know but not that well up on laptops !!!

If your laptop is new, you wont have one.  Its a 9 pin D plug - similar to vga, but only 9 pins rather than 15

[mark.adams]

a bit like a VGA port but with fewer pins

[Kevin Wood]

i have a good laptop but what does a serial port look like ? bit of dumb question i know but not that well up on laptops !!!

A 9 pin male "D" type connector with a symbol like "0101010" next to it, normally. Similar to the VGA connector that goes to the monitor, except that's got 15 pins and will be female, not male.

kevin

[markey mark]

talking gibberish to me boys !!! anybody got a picture of one please laptop is about 18 mths old toshiba sat pro ps210e running xp celeron chip ! has 3 usb ports and two funny looking ports !!

[Andy B]

talking gibberish to me boys !!! anybody got a picture of one please laptop is about 18 mths old toshiba sat pro ps210e running xp celeron chip ! has 3 usb ports and two funny looking ports !!

...    This is the plug!