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Old 01-11-2023, 05:35 PM   #1
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I'm in Ft Wayne, I could likely swap the EEPROM, I do surface mount / microscopic soldering. Do you have a link the post discussing this? Want to see what kind of package etc.
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Old 01-12-2023, 04:08 AM   #2
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Pretty sure the EEPROM is a 93LC56 I/SN.
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Old 01-13-2023, 07:56 AM   #3
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I'm in Ft Wayne, I could likely swap the EEPROM, I do surface mount / microscopic soldering. Do you have a link the post discussing this? Want to see what kind of package etc.
I'm interested in the service as well.
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Old 01-15-2023, 06:34 PM   #4
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I'm interested in the service as well.


Ended up doing this myself in a hurry


I mailed my ecu/dme to protomotive first, their bypass doesn't work on any car with electronic gas pedal..

I grabbed an amazing shape junkyard box and swapped eeprom... it and was running same day

I'm not sure why they advertise the way they do.. ME7.2 is not compatible with the immo delete


Now there is someone overseas who is making immo emulators that use 3 wires attached inside the ecu...

I'm not sure if there will ever be a full immo delete, an emulator seems like a good middle ground.

Either way, i have a few functions back in my car that weren't working right over the past couple years, so all is well.

Swapping eeprom is absolutely the way to go here.. no shipping out your keys/ecu/potentially swapping locks/rfid etc... just one little chip and it's a literal clone.

thanks for the replies everyone, sorry for getting back to this late... i was pretty frantic over the holidays trying to figure this thing out and shpping my ecu all over the country for no reason
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Ended up doing this myself in a hurry


I mailed my ecu/dme to protomotive first, their bypass doesn't work on any car with electronic gas pedal..

I grabbed an amazing shape junkyard box and swapped eeprom... it and was running same day

I'm not sure why they advertise the way they do.. ME7.2 is not compatible with the immo delete


Now there is someone overseas who is making immo emulators that use 3 wires attached inside the ecu...

I'm not sure if there will ever be a full immo delete, an emulator seems like a good middle ground.

Either way, i have a few functions back in my car that weren't working right over the past couple years, so all is well.

Swapping eeprom is absolutely the way to go here.. no shipping out your keys/ecu/potentially swapping locks/rfid etc... just one little chip and it's a literal clone.

thanks for the replies everyone, sorry for getting back to this late... i was pretty frantic over the holidays trying to figure this thing out and shpping my ecu all over the country for no reason
Good afternoon. I have been searching all over the forums trying to get more information on this and your post is the most resent one, I'm going to tackle this myself as well. just got a used DME and going to swap over my eeprom. would you be kind enough to point out which chip I'm looking at to swap? . if its possible to grab an image and circle the chip? I have an idea just don't want to pick at the wrong one. thank you!
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. if its possible to grab an image and circle the chip? I have an idea just don't want to pick at the wrong one. thank you!
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Good afternoon. I have been searching all over the forums trying to get more information on this and your post is the most resent one, I'm going to tackle this myself as well. just got a used DME and going to swap over my eeprom. would you be kind enough to point out which chip I'm looking at to swap? . if its possible to grab an image and circle the chip? I have an idea just don't want to pick at the wrong one. thank you!
See the circled chip.

This is for experienced soldering people, just be aware.. but if you can do surface mount or have a friend that can it's pretty easy.


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Possibly bringing this thread back from the dead. Does anyone have any advice on where to source a good used immobilizer unit lately? A lot of the prices are through the roof!

I am fixing up a 99 Boxster 2.5 for a friends father who had the immobilizer flood. I can do surface mount soldering so I'm looking to swap EEproms, but most of the used immobilizers I can find are 800-900+. There's one local that they want 999 for and it has obvious signs of water damage.

I'm trying to reflow the entire original board to see if I can bring it back to life, but some parts were pretty oxidized. I'm trying to source a used board as a backup plan, in case anyone has a line on where I might find one.

Thank you all in advance and I'm glad i found this thread! EEprom replacement seems like an easy win if I can find a decent priced used board!

Thank you!
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Really? 900 bucks for used immobilizers is normal now? Ebay?
I only paid like 150 bucks for mine... thread has gone way OT but have to admit im surprised that people usually take the other route (swapping everything from another car rather than just swapping eprom)




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Possibly bringing this thread back from the dead. Does anyone have any advice on where to source a good used immobilizer unit lately? A lot of the prices are through the roof!

I am fixing up a 99 Boxster 2.5 for a friends father who had the immobilizer flood. I can do surface mount soldering so I'm looking to swap EEproms, but most of the used immobilizers I can find are 800-900+. There's one local that they want 999 for and it has obvious signs of water damage.

I'm trying to reflow the entire original board to see if I can bring it back to life, but some parts were pretty oxidized. I'm trying to source a used board as a backup plan, in case anyone has a line on where I might find one.

Thank you all in advance and I'm glad i found this thread! EEprom replacement seems like an easy win if I can find a decent priced used board!

Thank you!
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