The car: 2000 BMW 325i (UK SPEC, same as 2001 BMW 325i in the US) Brief description of what I was doing when I got the errors below. I am getting errors when I try to access any of the options. The purpose of using INPA is to pull error codes and I also need to program my new-to-me ASC ABS pump and control unit. When I run INPA it shows the battery is connected and the ignition is switch to ON when it is on (see fourth image), and shows it is OFF when I switch the ignition to off. I bought a cable off the net that seems to connect. I downloaded the software from your site and have installed it following the instructions. I'd like to give a big shout-out and thanks to BimmerGeeks for helping out with this, there really wasn't an easy way to get this software installed (until now) so I'm very appreciative of him sharing this information with us!!!! If there's anything I can't figure out I'm sure BimmerGeeks will have no problem with solving it. Let me know if you have any questions or if there are any steps that are incorrect or unclear. I can put directions up on how to change icons if you need to know. He also put all the shortcuts in one folder on the desktop called BMW and added the BMW icon to it. BimmerGeeks did some nice things on mine where he changed some icons and names to make it look better. At this point your software should be functional. Next find your CMD prompt application, right click, and click "run as administrator. You want to move the three files into C:\windows\syswow64 or C:\windows\system32 for 32bit. Now it's time to deal with the OCX files. This is a convenient time to go in and create shortcuts for all the tools. You should now have folders labeled CODING TOOL, EC-APPS, EDIABAS, NCS_Dummy, and NCSEXPER in your C drive folder. rar files except OCX into the C drive folder. Now you want to replace them with the ones from the. Delete the EDIABAS, EC-APPS, and NCEXPER folders from your hard drive. Next what you want to do is go into your C drive and remove several folders completely. Now you should get through the installer without any problem. exe -> properties -> compatibility -> "run this in windows 7 compatibility mode". The first thing you want to do here is run the executable, if you're installing o a newer version of windows you will have to run it in compatibility mode. rar files, right click, and chose extract here. rar archive files and an executable file in that folder. The link is /downloads, then click "BMW Standard Tools" and download the. ![]() The first thing you want to do is download the BimmerGeeks Standard Tools file from his website. I am not responsible in any way for any damage that occurs to your car as a result of this information and software. Included in this software package is INPA, BMW Coding Tool, Dr Gini, NCS Dummy, NCS Expert, Tool32 (EDIABAS), and WINKFP.Ĭontinue at your own risk. Also, this method seems to be very effective and simple, "Mike's Easy BMW Tools" didn't work for me at all, and some of the other methods seem quite involved just to simply install some software. In case you were wondering, I did make this DIY with his permission. Essentially all I've done here is learned his method and compiled some instructions on it. I will tell you up front that this is not my method, but rather BimmerGeek's. I just ignore the version mismatch errors.Here is a relatively simple way to get BMW tools installed on your machine regardless of what windows operating system you're running it also works on 32 or 64 bit versions. ![]() Back then, everything needed to run inside a Windows XP virtual machine.īimmer geeks has a pretty stable version and it's worked well for me. I went through this back in 2012 and there is no easy fix. The only why around this would be locating the latest versions, probably only available in German and living with the related scripts in German. Mostly these error are just warnings and there is little risk. As some versions were released in English and later version only in German. These are a collection of a few programs and hundreds of associated compiled scripts. I don't think you will find any version 100 % bug free. Those get installed using the BMW Easy tools, right? Bimmergeeks has some available on their website. I believe that the SGBD error can be resolved by updating the SPDaten files. Which one is more up to date, or less buggy with E90 2009, or are they the same thing?įor Mike's BMW tools, last time I tried installing I got a "Versions do not match" "SGBD version: 6.00 (in INPA) SGBD version: 21.000" error.īimmergeeks had the same error but Bimmergeeks also had some sub-menus in German. I'm wondering if Mike's Easy BMW tools, or Bimmergeeks is the way to go. I'm just installing this on a clean install of Windows.
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