Original file

BMW E46 Continental MS420000001158 / 6577227601

An original (stock) flash read of the Continental MS42 control unit, fitted in BMW E46, hardware number 0000001158 and software number 6577227601, 256.00 KB. The file is supplied exactly as it was read from the unit, byte for byte; nothing is changed in it.

Technical data

Vehicle
BrandBMW
Car modelE46
Engine2.0 150PS
Fuelpetrol
Displacement2.0
Power150PS
Control unit
Control unitContinental MS42
ECU makerContinental
Hardware number0000001158
Software number6577227601
File
File typeOriginal flash read
File size256.00 KB
File key452417a79fa812fb
Price15 €

About this file

Typical uses: restoring a control unit to its factory software after a failed flash or a corrupt memory, a clean base before any change, comparing a read of your own with the original. The checksum is the one of the read; your programmer or the CARTESIAN app corrects it after a change.

How to use this file

  1. Order with your e-mail address; the download link comes right after the payment and is valid for 30 days.
  2. Open the file in your programmer, compare its numbers with your unit and check the checksum.
  3. Write it only to a Continental MS42 whose label carries the same hardware and software numbers.

Before you write Compare the numbers on your control unit with this file, hardware number 0000001158 and software number 6577227601. A file written to a unit with other numbers can damage it. Not sure? Give your own read to the search above: it is compared by content.

Other pairs of Continental MS42

HardwareSoftwareVehicles
5WK90376577225107BMW E46, BMW 3er, BMW Serie 3 (E46)
75002556577225107BMW 3er, BMW 5er, BMW E46
5WK903296577225106BMW E46, BMW E46 320i KW, BMW E46 328i 1998 Benzin
75267536577225109BMW 3er, BMW 3 Serie, BMW E39 523i 1998 Benzin
14308446577225106BMW 5er, BMW E46, BMW E46 323i 2002 Benzin
BMW 3erBMW 3er
00000011586577225107BMW 3er, BMW E46, BMW Z3
6577225106BMW 5er, BMW 3 Serie, BMW Z3

Continental MS42 original files