The delteq wasn't bricking the pcm's. I'm still not sure what was doing it. It didn't matter if they were installed in the car or on the bench. I checked and double checked my hardware and software. I had 3 of them repaired prior to the last bricking episodes. I would replace the chips myself if I knew where to buy the chips and how to do the initial flashing. I would really like to convert one to be an emulator for real time tuning.