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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Default Will an ECU loose it's map over time?

I have an ECU which i bought about 12 months ago been sitting idle under the bed. Will it loose the map that is on it after a while?
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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I have an ECU which i bought about 12 months ago been sitting idle under the bed. Will it loose the map that is on it after a while?
No nothing will have changed.
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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No it won't lose it. They have a sold state memory.
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Well

Stray cosmic rays could damage the silicon...... not likely

Sorry !

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