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Got a car with direct scan already in it. Tried to take some readings but it goes haywire and a message pops up saying "hardware timed out, retry?". I say "yes" but it just goes back to the same message. If "no" is chosen, it quits and goes back to the menu. Any thoughts? I switched computers because the other was a Mac and a piece of crap. I am running it off the DOS prompt as per instructions. Thinking I got a loose connection to the ECM. Car runs strong but I want to learn what I can before I get on it and mess something up.
 
Got a car with direct scan already in it. Tried to take some readings but it goes haywire and a message pops up saying "hardware timed out, retry?". I say "yes" but it just goes back to the same message. If "no" is chosen, it quits and goes back to the menu. Any thoughts? I switched computers because the other was a Mac and a piece of crap. I am running it off the DOS prompt as per instructions. Thinking I got a loose connection to the ECM. Car runs strong but I want to learn what I can before I get on it and mess something up.

Clean up all your connections. Particularly in and out of the interface box! And hope the interface box isn't going bad.
The computer loosing it's connection to the interface box is usually what causes that error.
 
Thank you! It did work for a few seconds then it started acting up. I'll clean up the ends as you suggested.
 
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