I believe I can fix anything, although a service manual really helps. I downloaded the TIS (Technical Information Service) which in American English is simply a service manual on a CD.
All available advice on how to install the TIS in High Geek, which I don't speak. After much mucking around, I was able to install the TIS on Windows 98 as well as XP operating systems. Here in plain english is how it is done:
First, install Bittorrent and then download the cd image from here: http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3367808&fl#show
You may have to click on the "play" button a couple times to get it to work. Check the "log" menu to make sure the torrent is running and downloading. It will take about 8 hours.
2nd, ignore all advice about "mounting the CD" or "creating a bootable disc with Nero" and instead download and install the free "undisker" program, run it and "extract" to convert the downloaded CD image into all the files that would normally be on a CD.
3rd, put all the files on one CD.
4th, install the Sysadm program that is at WIN95\BMW\TIS\setup.exe, and the Sysadm will then be an icon on your desktop.
5th, and this is the part usually left unexplained, YOU MUST INSTALL the "Microsoft Data Access 2.1" which is at WIN95\ODBC_xp (for Windows XP -- but for Windows 98 you go into the ODBC_40 folder to find the "install.exe" program). Then, the next trick is that for Windows XP, the "install.exe" file will NOT work, so click directly on "ORACLIEN.MSI" and it will install the Microsoft ODBC program that is necessary for the TIS.
6th, go to the Sysadm and click on TIS, click "install" in the pulldown menu and then say "blammo" 3 times (I made that last part up) and the TIS will install. Choose install to your hard drive. You can choose USA English or English English (I installed both on 2 different CPU's) and both have info' that looks exactly the same to me but some say that you don't get all the info' with the USA English install, but I don't believe it. Either way, you must keep in mind that BMW English is essentially British English, so a Saloon is what we call a 4-door sedan, and so forth.
Good luck, or should I say cheers.
All available advice on how to install the TIS in High Geek, which I don't speak. After much mucking around, I was able to install the TIS on Windows 98 as well as XP operating systems. Here in plain english is how it is done:
First, install Bittorrent and then download the cd image from here: http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3367808&fl#show
You may have to click on the "play" button a couple times to get it to work. Check the "log" menu to make sure the torrent is running and downloading. It will take about 8 hours.
2nd, ignore all advice about "mounting the CD" or "creating a bootable disc with Nero" and instead download and install the free "undisker" program, run it and "extract" to convert the downloaded CD image into all the files that would normally be on a CD.
3rd, put all the files on one CD.
4th, install the Sysadm program that is at WIN95\BMW\TIS\setup.exe, and the Sysadm will then be an icon on your desktop.
5th, and this is the part usually left unexplained, YOU MUST INSTALL the "Microsoft Data Access 2.1" which is at WIN95\ODBC_xp (for Windows XP -- but for Windows 98 you go into the ODBC_40 folder to find the "install.exe" program). Then, the next trick is that for Windows XP, the "install.exe" file will NOT work, so click directly on "ORACLIEN.MSI" and it will install the Microsoft ODBC program that is necessary for the TIS.
6th, go to the Sysadm and click on TIS, click "install" in the pulldown menu and then say "blammo" 3 times (I made that last part up) and the TIS will install. Choose install to your hard drive. You can choose USA English or English English (I installed both on 2 different CPU's) and both have info' that looks exactly the same to me but some say that you don't get all the info' with the USA English install, but I don't believe it. Either way, you must keep in mind that BMW English is essentially British English, so a Saloon is what we call a 4-door sedan, and so forth.
Good luck, or should I say cheers.