# cant get the car to run in the Megasquirt

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487 "2007-04-11T19:13:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/1 "2007-04-11T19:13:27Z")

</div>

yes i know they have a board to ask questions on but i want to ask here since some people have used it.

so here is the problem, in the megasquirt configurator i cant activate the megasquirt-1.ini needed to run the megasquirt. i downloaded the latest version and everything but it still wont work. anyone know what is wrong?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/2 "2007-04-11T19:17:16Z")

</div>

[quote=“Tunerfreak”"]

yes i know they have a board to ask questions on but i want to ask here since some people have used it.

so here is the problem, in the megasquirt configurator i cant activate the megasquirt-1.ini needed to run the megasquirt. i downloaded the latest version and everything but it still wont work. anyone know what is wrong?

[/quote]

why are you using megasquirt-1.ini. You could be activating at **least** 029q or the brand new 029v by now. This is MS+Se right?

download the files, run “copyini” and and “download-firmware(w/pin jumpered etc)” – you must then activate the new code(029q/v) – that shoudl get you going.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/3 "2007-04-11T19:27:35Z")

</div>

i thought thats what i needed to activate to get it to work is y i was using that

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/4 "2007-04-11T19:28:54Z")

</div>

[quote=“Tunerfreak,post:3,topic:27487"”]

i thought thats what i needed to activate to get it to work is y i was using that

[/quote]

are you trying to use megasquirt and spark Extra?

if so, then download the 029v code and use that.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/5 "2007-04-11T19:43:10Z")

</div>

it is wired for spark but i wont be using it though cause there is no need for me

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-get-the-car-to-run-in-the-megasquirt/27487/6 "2007-04-11T21:51:50Z")

</div>

i know turbociv is messing with megasquirt