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kioskaskdn · Nov 2nd, 2013, 13:16

Dear Alpha206,

you are not 100% right, some of the parts can be used in another vehicle, like dim, radios, ecus and etc. most of these units has a chip inside called eeprom, which is 1 write only, but if you solder it out and out a new blank chip in, you can take it to volvo, they'll do a soft download and of you go. i know this well as when my dim and stereo went on 52 plate s60, contacted volvo and got a heart attack from their prices. started doing a research and in our Russian friend's forum I found a guy called Dima, he told me exactly what to do to "virginise" a donor dim and radio. which i did, and after soft download my car is up and running again.

Nov 2nd, 2013, 13:16	#115
kioskaskdn New Member Last Online: Mar 26th, 2022 15:04 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Evesham	kioskaskdn Dear Alpha206, you are not 100% right, some of the parts can be used in another vehicle, like dim, radios, ecus and etc. most of these units has a chip inside called eeprom, which is 1 write only, but if you solder it out and out a new blank chip in, you can take it to volvo, they'll do a soft download and of you go. i know this well as when my dim and stereo went on 52 plate s60, contacted volvo and got a heart attack from their prices. started doing a research and in our Russian friend's forum I found a guy called Dima, he told me exactly what to do to "virginise" a donor dim and radio. which i did, and after soft download my car is up and running again.