INPA help
07-19-2018, 12:33 AM
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INPA help
so I have an 04 525i and I just recently got the k+dcan cable to hook up car to laptop but the disk that came with the cord & has the software on it is either no good or just too hard for me to figure the install out so I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction to download the programs I need to make this cord useful, thanks for the help
07-19-2018, 09:49 AM
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My Ride: 2009 535i Sport
Model Year: 2009
Engine: N54
A few years ago I found a good how-to on getting INPA set up. Wasn't perfect, most of the links were broken, but I'm sure it's still out there if you look hard enough for "INPA BMW install", etc.
07-22-2018, 11:44 AM
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yea I have found a few of those lol im thinking I am having a harder time with it than normal because I am trying to install it on windows 10 and from what im reading there are a lot of problems when doing it that way and im not too computer savy when it comes to operating systems
07-22-2018, 11:53 AM
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My Ride: 05 530i M54
Model Year: 05 530i
Engine: 3.0 M54
I currently have mine set up on win10 without any issues. If you are not savvy with computers than I would set it up on an older OS.
07-24-2018, 08:24 AM
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IIRC you have to emulate a prior OS environment - so as long as the windows OS version you have can emulate the prior windows 97 (or whatever it was), OS environment - it should work.
I had a hell of a time with windows 7 because IIRC it's the one windows version that doesn't emulate the prior OS.
INPA was definitely one of the more PITA installs I've done on a machine.
I had a hell of a time with windows 7 because IIRC it's the one windows version that doesn't emulate the prior OS.
INPA was definitely one of the more PITA installs I've done on a machine.
07-24-2018, 10:36 AM
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yea I was having a heck of a time getting it installed on my laptop, the only other thing I have that I maybe could use is my tablet but it is a surface 2rt so im not sure what windows its running and for all I know it would be harder to install on that than im having on this. so a update as to how its going for me is- using mikes easy install or whatever its called I was able to install the software on labtop, from what I can tell without hooking it up to the car all the programs are working, well they at least run which is farther than I have ever gotten before but at the end of the install there was a screen that popped up saying that two drivers had failed to install, in the files I downloaded there was a notepad file labeled driver update with a link to this site, has anyone ever had to use this site/method before?
FTDI Drivers
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Docu..._AN_000073.pdf
FTDI Drivers
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Docu..._AN_000073.pdf
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