BigNick
Infamous Fat Sweaty Guy
Makes sense if this forces it to display a mostly-static map, rather than one that constantly updates as you drive.
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Tesla now repairing MCU1 with a new Tegra card for less than $500
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Yup. Explains why v10 killed MCU1. Really wish theyd give v8 back
scottf200
Well-Known Member
There use to be a bug for a while that traffic was updated by millisecond request then it got changed to every minute or two IIRC. I don't think it is 'constantly' updated.
My 2014 S 85 is working great after the new Tegra board was installed by the SC. It's only been a week now but there are no more random reboots or streaming/map/connectivity issues. It "seems" a little more responsive, but that's likely just a return to the normal state after gradually failing and becoming less responsive over many months.
I thought I'd somehow received "free" XM radio after the replacement – but it turns out it's a 3-month free trial for all S/X owners that happened to coincide with my SC visit...
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
@scottf200, I think this is what you werer referring to about traffic
Tesla Hacker: Tesla Cuts Out Traffic Data Middle Man, Relies on Fleet Data
BigNick
Infamous Fat Sweaty Guy
Meaning the map moves around the screen as you drive at 15 fps or however often it refreshes, plus having to load and render new tiles, not necessarily the traffic updates on the map.
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Just want to give you update. I ended up with new LTE and Tegra board. The initial estimate was to replace the LTE board for $275 but as you stated, they cannot load the firmware and have to change the Tegra board. Total $750 and they discounted to $650. I hope this help for everyone.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
So, you are probably the best person to confirm or help make sense out of my question. You got both the LTE upgrade and the replaced Tegra board at the same time. The cost was $750, but they reduced or discounted the cost by $100 to $650. Do you suppose, - maybe they also told you, - this was for labor because they did both LTE and Tegra at the same time? I only this is because others want to do the Tegra board instead of MCU1, but they need to do the LTE also. So, maybe this will help those folks that have the same situation and are wondering what the cost of both Tegra and LTE board would be installed.
scottf200
Well-Known Member
Thanks. It was actually this one I was referring too.
MCU1 performance improvement & browser improvement. Simple trick by Thomas The Tesla Tuner..
Ok, I'm inside (Mr Elon, please do not send an assassin- The whole problem is not a lack of memory. It is caused by refresh function for traffic info, with passes processing to the main routine. It seems that somebody interpreted value of delay of a refresh to be in seconds (120, = 2 minutes), but it is in milliseconds. It eats 30% of spare MCU1 time. It tries to re-render it 6-7 times per second, with no new information (refresh period of traffic info via communication channel is set correctly).
My assumption - two differently skilled programmers did that.
Please, Tesla, correct this. Just add three zeros (120 -> 120000), recompile and send to us. And all will be ok.
Thomas
PS: Loading Tegra3 with this one passive cooler over 60% of load causes throttling. Who was a developer? Even ventilation holes, developed by engineers are covered from the bottom by shelf under the screen. No air circulation then.
let us know how it goes. I am in NoVA and may get this done along with the LTE update. What exactly did you request? Specific parts or key words?
I can't seem to view it on the app now that the process has started, but I asked for a "Tegra daughter board replacement for MCU1 as mine had shown signs of pending trouble in the past (see history). " I had an experience last year where several letters were missing from the display and had to hard boot the car. Found out later it was a sign of the board failing. I would like to replace it preemptively since I intend to keep the car and don't want to have a crisis happen later. I will post when the send me a quote.
JPP
Active Member
Not sure this helps....I have a service appointment next week for an MCU and touchscreen repair. After a 7-week delay due to the unavailability of a full remanufactured MCU1, Tesla now seems to have moved to repair/replacement of subassemblies. So now I will get a new touchscreen, and also a new Tegra board:
We will see what happens on Tuesday.
We will see what happens on Tuesday.
1) Do you think Tesla has been saying they cant get the reman MCU's because they new this Tegra fix was coming? Seems coincidental...
2) Any way to DIY with official Tesla parts to save on labor and guaranteed damage to my car from sloppy "mechanics"? Ive done the LTE upgrade on my own so this must be very similar. I'm guess I would need some kind of data migration from my old chip.
2) Any way to DIY with official Tesla parts to save on labor and guaranteed damage to my car from sloppy "mechanics"? Ive done the LTE upgrade on my own so this must be very similar. I'm guess I would need some kind of data migration from my old chip.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
Tesomega
Member
Is there a CORE Fee or can we get back the original Tegra Board if we choose to go the preventive maintenance route?
Came in under $500 incl. parts, installation and tax. No diagnostic charge since I specified exactly which part I wanted installed (the Tegra board).
They were supposed to do an LTE upgrade at the same time for $600 or so extra but they somehow missed it on the service order, so it'll be another time.
I don't think anyone has asked yet. The core charge for the MCU1 and IC1, as part of the Infotainment Upgrade, is $1,000.
