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    I tried it tonight and I'm having some problems. I had also found both those links above and used them as a guide.

    I bought the DIC off of ebay and I'm wondering if maybe I got a bad one.

    I've checked and rechecked the connections to make sure they were right and tight but the screen is dim, very dim to the point you have to get really close to see what is on it. I can open the doors and see them (again if I get really close to the screen)open on the display. It lets me toggle through the different displays. All in all everything seems to work except the screen is dim.

    I took the DIC apart and checked the light bulbs and all seems well in there too so thats why I wonder if I just got a bad unit.

    Anyone have any advice on anything I might be missing?
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    Ok, I figured out my problem. It was me!

    I took all the bulbs out of the DIC and replaced a few that were burned out. When I put them back in I turned them all the way until they stopped.

    I checked the DIC with a multimeter to see if the bulbs were getting juice and they were. I rechecked the bulbs and noticed two of the ones I thought were good (not blackened) were also bad. So my DIC that I just got off ebay had all bad bulbs! My guess is the guy hooked it up wrong, popped the all the bulbs and thought it was junk. He sold it with the disclaimer he never tried to install it and didn't know if it would work so it was sold as is. I only had to bid $10.50 ($18.50 with shipping) to get it so I can't complain!

    Anyway when I reinstalled the bulbs while I still had it taken apart and plugged into the harness I noticed if you turn them all the way they don't light. I backed it off and it light again. So I reinstalled all the bulbs turning them only to where they will light and now my DIC works!
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    well i recently bought a digital dic from ebay, it was a dic out of a 97 gt. i am trying to swap my analog dic to digital in my 98 grand prix gt. i hooked up the dic knowing that there is an issue with the 97 dic only working with a 97 grand prix. i wanted to test it myself. everything hooked up correctly reveals that in fact this is true. the information for the mpg, oil life, miles,etc flashes 0.0 on the screen. the doors and trunk ajar indicators work though. so now i am buying another digital dic from ebay that came out of a 2000 gt. i'm hoping it will work as it should. my question is to all the other folks that attempted this swap...when you hook it up and turn the car on, will the information automatically adjust and work correctly, do you have to reset the computer on the dic somehow, any info on this would be great, please let me know. i have my car torn apart for a while waiting for my other dic to arive. i did install a cheap oil pressure guage which was interesting, anyway i have a 97 digital dic that works just fine that i dont need anymore so if anyone is interested i paid 60 bucks for it and i want to sell it for a reasonable price. let me know.
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