Some Carly & FRM questions.

Dobiwallah · 10-13-2018, 01:44 AM

So I bought Carly especially for decoding my battery and program my angels eyes as DRL's and avoid the steep learning curve of NCSexpert

Unfortunately, I got the "Carly has found severe faults in your FRM and has therefore NOT coded your FRM" There is a long story about this on their website saying

"Some FRM2 and FRM3 modules with very specific firmware-versions develop a fault in the boot sector after multiple years of usage. As a result, the FRM cannot restart, once it has been shut down completely"

And "We strongly advise against coding critical FRMs, no matter the program or device!"

Does that also mean I can't use NCSexpert either for coding my angel eyes? Otherwise it will brick my FRM?

Would it be advisable to connect a parallel battery when I am changing my battery to avoid rebooting the FRM?

It is a E91 LCI production date 2010-07-21

Carly also is saying that the engine has a different vin than the chassis. Is that possible? Would the car even start if that is so? I forgot to write down the engine vin though to check that one out.

Dobiwallah · 10-13-2018, 01:55 AM

I found out that the engine vin is WBAPH36050NM65115, a e90 engine, N53. Is there a way to check how much KM's this engine has run?

Dobiwallah · 10-13-2018, 05:15 AM

Ok, I found the engine previous car. I tried to find a free service to check the odometer in Japan, but for so far I haven't found it

this is part of the report:

What does it mean?

10-13-2018, 01:44 AM	#1
Dobiwallah New Member 0 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2011 E91, 2000 Z3 2L Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Napier, New Zealand iTrader: (0)	Some Carly & FRM questions. So I bought Carly especially for decoding my battery and program my angels eyes as DRL's and avoid the steep learning curve of NCSexpert Unfortunately, I got the "Carly has found severe faults in your FRM and has therefore NOT coded your FRM" There is a long story about this on their website saying "Some FRM2 and FRM3 modules with very specific firmware-versions develop a fault in the boot sector after multiple years of usage. As a result, the FRM cannot restart, once it has been shut down completely" And "We strongly advise against coding critical FRMs, no matter the program or device!" Does that also mean I can't use NCSexpert either for coding my angel eyes? Otherwise it will brick my FRM? Would it be advisable to connect a parallel battery when I am changing my battery to avoid rebooting the FRM? It is a E91 LCI production date 2010-07-21 Carly also is saying that the engine has a different vin than the chassis. Is that possible? Would the car even start if that is so? I forgot to write down the engine vin though to check that one out.
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Dobiwallah New Member 0 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2011 E91, 2000 Z3 2L Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Napier, New Zealand iTrader: (0)	I found out that the engine vin is WBAPH36050NM65115, a e90 engine, N53. Is there a way to check how much KM's this engine has run?
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10-13-2018, 05:15 AM	#3
Dobiwallah New Member 0 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2011 E91, 2000 Z3 2L Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Napier, New Zealand iTrader: (0)	Ok, I found the engine previous car. I tried to find a free service to check the odometer in Japan, but for so far I haven't found it this is part of the report: What does it mean?
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