[acthad]

Bought a new dvd drive from Ebay and tried replacing in my BMW Nav unit and the ribbon cable holder on the faceplate control panel with the vol knob/ejec buttons broke, so I tried temporarily bracing it with electric tape but during trying to tape, it went up in smoke!

I used the diy found here in the uk section...

Now the idrive won't boot, my tail lights were on, my comfort access stopped working, but after removing the CCC Faceplate(VOL/CD/DVD Panel) everything started to except the iDrive. But I noticed during the dvd install it needed the faceplate to boot, so I am hoping a new faceplate is just needed. Found one on ebay for $50 from Portugal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/bmw-e90-e91-...c8d335&vxp=mtr

I know I f'd up big time. Please keep the derogatory comments to yourself, looking for people who can help me reverse some of the damage, not even sure the car will start.

Anyone else have seen this or had this happen to them? Any consultations greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

[ctuna]

You may have depeleted the battery working on the car.
The car will still awake drawing .5 amps as long as the doors or
trunk are open . That would be the first thing to check try
putting a full charge on the battery it the voltage is low.
The IBS system can cause some strange stuff to go on if the battery
is low.
Code read if the battery is OK.( or anyway)

I would look for the burnt parts or send it in .
Repair
http://www.bmwradiorepair.com/?gclid...FccbQgodIEn0Cg
http://www.beckerautosound.com/BMW/index.html
http://www.bmwgm5.com/Logic7_6941681.htm

electical e90 pdf
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...,d.cGU&cad=rja
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...85464276,d.cGU
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...85464276,d.cGU

There is a fuse on the back of the idrive unit also.
There is now a separate idrive subforum here to now.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=122

[acthad]

Will check it out, I am pretty bummed right now, and can't even look at my car at the moment. But I know I will need to get a chin up and just do it and bite the bullet.

Thanks again for the links!