Power FC Pfc Commander screen is frozen
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Pfc Commander screen is frozen
I have been using the power fc for a while now with no problems other than idle regulation when the ac is engaged. So this problem comes as a surprise to me when I've heard nothing but good things about this equipment.
I had just finished flushing my coolant system when I took it out for a spin to see what my temps are like with a new coolant I am trying. I was reading 73' Celsius. I thought, whoa! that's great, it is staying relatively low. Then I noticed my boost was reading vacuum as I accelerated. The screen froze up like my computer does. I looked to make sure the connection wasn't messed up and restarted it. Instead of giving me a diagnostic screen it gave me the start-up screen and that is all. I can't command it to do anything. I went back and tried to spark the screen up later to no avail.
My car runs fine, so I think the computer works, I am concerned, however, that maybe this will affect my car in some way other than not having a commander.
Any sort of help will be fine. I did use the search and found no results pertaining to my problem. This was done so that I might have further validation for my post.
Garrett
I had just finished flushing my coolant system when I took it out for a spin to see what my temps are like with a new coolant I am trying. I was reading 73' Celsius. I thought, whoa! that's great, it is staying relatively low. Then I noticed my boost was reading vacuum as I accelerated. The screen froze up like my computer does. I looked to make sure the connection wasn't messed up and restarted it. Instead of giving me a diagnostic screen it gave me the start-up screen and that is all. I can't command it to do anything. I went back and tried to spark the screen up later to no avail.
My car runs fine, so I think the computer works, I am concerned, however, that maybe this will affect my car in some way other than not having a commander.
Any sort of help will be fine. I did use the search and found no results pertaining to my problem. This was done so that I might have further validation for my post.
Garrett
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Try disconnecting it and plugging it in as stated above. Then try disc. the battery for a few minutes and see if that works. If not, then the commander is probably bad- which will not affect the way your car runs. This happened to me a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly all I couls see was the apexi start up screen. I had to replace the commander. Sorry for the bad news.
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You don't need the commander for your PFC to work properly. It is just a monitoring and settings tool. It sounds like it's dead. Could be dead dead, or could just be a broken wire. Personally I would take it apart and try to verify connectivity of all the wires between the DIN plug and the inside of the commander with a voltmeter/connectivity tester because I went out and bought a new commander.
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