Anyone know how to use the Mitsubishi CAPS program?

[Sk8er07999]

Ok well I have one of those Manual cd's I bought off of ebay for like five bucks. I looked at it once when I got it then I put it away. Well today I took it out and I noticed there is a program called CAPS on there. Stands for computerized automatic parts search. Well I installed it and can't figure out how to use it or what good it does. Anyone have any experience with this program? What can I do with it? I had the intentions of typing in a part number from a dsm ecu and be able to tell if it was from a cali car, auto, 90 or 91-94, etc. Can I do that with this program? Thanks, Kevin.

 

[Darksyne]

Copied directly from the CAPS Readme:

*****COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATIC PARTS SEARCHING SYSTEM*****

*******Running CAPS:************************************

Enter a vin # that you are looking for or you can search
by model. To do this, double click the Model box and
choose the model you want.

Some Vehicle Model Designations:
90-94 DSM's
1.8L SOHC DSM = D21A/MNJEL4*(M/E/P)
2.0L DOHC DSM = D22A/MNHML4
2.0L DOHC Turbo DSM = D22A/MNHFL4
2.0L DOHC Turbo AWD DSM = D27A/MNGFL4
2.0L DOHC Turbo AWD A/T DSM = D27A/MRGFL4

91-92 Galants
2.0L DOHC GALANT = E33A
2.0L DOHC AWD GALANT (GSX) = E38A
2.0L DOHC AWD AWS G-Vr4 = E39A

95-99 DSM's
2.0 420A(NT) DSM (BASE/LOWLINE)= D31A/MNSML4*(M/E)
2.0 420A(NT) DSM (RS) = D31A/MNJML4
2.0 420A(NT) DSM (GS) = D31A/MNHML4
2.0 DOHC Turbo DSM = D32A/MNGFL4
2.0 DOHC Turbo AWD DSM = D33A/MNGFL4
2.0 DOHC Turbo DSM (Spyder) = D38A/BNGFL4
2.4 DOHC DSM (Spyder) = D39A/BNJEL4
Change all "N"s to "R"s for A/T versions.

*Change the last DIGIT (4) to "9" for California
and "5" for Canadian DSM's (ALL YEARS)

ALL 3000GT (Stealth's similar)
3.0 DOHC N/T 2WD = Z11A
3.0 DOHC Turbo/AWD = Z15A
3.0 DOHC Turbo/AWD/AWS = Z16A

Next, double click
the CLASSIFICATION box and look for your car,

Next, double click
the ILLUSTRATION box and look for the part you
want under the categories.

You can also enter part of a part name in the
PART NAME box

 

[ADrewzki]

Ok well I have one of those Manual cd's I bought off of ebay for like five bucks. I looked at it once when I got it then I put it away. Well today I took it out and I noticed there is a program called CAPS on there. Stands for computerized automatic parts search. Well I installed it and can't figure out how to use it or what good it does. Anyone have any experience with this program? What can I do with it? I had the intentions of typing in a part number from a dsm ecu and be able to tell if it was from a cali car, auto, 90 or 91-94, etc. Can I do that with this program? Thanks, Kevin.

Yeah. I have a version 3.41 and you can type in the part number. Then you can click on the icon with a little bolt on it (sixth one from the right) and it'll give you a listing of the cars that it'll work with. It'll be in the format that darksyne listed from the readme though.

 

[Defiant]

But does it run on XP?

 

[Sk8er07999]

I installed it on my computer with xp but it doesn't seem to be working right. I followed the instructions but I keep getting error messages and stuff so it doesn't look like it's workin right.

 

[Slipstream]

But does it run on XP?

Yeah, it runs on xp.

 

[doug]

Yeah, mine runs fine on XP as well.

 

[booosting92tsi]

can anyone get free copies of CAPS? OR MUST BE purchased? is there a free downlaod site?

 

[91boost]

But does it run on XP?

Yes it does.

Doesn't yours?

 

[smokey90gsx]

can anyone get free copies of CAPS? OR MUST BE purchased? is there a free downlaod site?

I think this is it. http://www.stealth316.com/2-wincaps.htm

 

[ADrewzki]

I also host it if anyone is looking for it. Also the Oct. release has been out for a bit so get that too.

CAPS

 

[2gdsm_nc]

I've always used this sight works on my xp. + it has some manual stuff for a 2gnt 420a for the people who got those cars. wish he had the manuals on the 4g up there.

http://www.heavenz-not-0verflowing.com/files

 

[steve]

I also host it if anyone is looking for it. Also the Oct. release has been out for a bit so get that too.

Included on the updated Manual CD from http://www.manualcd.com

Steve

 

[jott5555]

ok ive got the latest version downloaded and installed and everything went smooth but when i try to open it i get a

"the system file is not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows applications. choose the close to terminate the application"

now wtf is this cra and how do i fix it??
thanks.

 

[romiggsx]

I just purchased the CD and am experiencing the same "system file is not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows applications" when running it on my XP computer. I found the remedy for this after searching that exact phrase on yahoo.

Try this:

Background: Wanting to upgrade to the latest version of AVG, I decided to first uninstall the old version. When running the AVG uninstall procedure I received the error message:

C:\WINNT\System32\Autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

Resolution Steps: Apparently this error message, or a similar one mentioning config.nt, can occur when one of the following files is missing or corrupt:

Autoexec.nt
Config.nt
Command.com
The error can occur when installing or uninstalling a program.

In my case Autoexec.nt was missing from the C:\WINNT\System32 directory. Looking in the C:\WINNT\Repair directory I found that Windows had automatically made a backup copy of Autoexec.nt, so I just copied this into C:\WINNT\System32 and the problem was fixed.

Note: The C:\WINNT directory on my computer may be C:\WINDOWS on other systems. Substitute as necessary when following the above instructions.

Note: If you can't find a copy of the missing file in your Repair directory, use your original Windows OS disk to get the missing files. At the command prompt

hope that helps,
Adam

 

[MCDGexx]

anybody know how to show the unit prices on it? its blank on mine?

 

[steve]

anybody know how to show the unit prices on it? its blank on mine?

That would be nice wouldn't it but I suspect you have to be part of the dealer network to get that data.

Steve