[BLACK RHINO]

Hello, just found this crowd and you seem to be the right people.
I was searching for immo info on an Audi ECU that I have been into.
In the past I would lift eeproms, program immo off and reinstalled chip.
Well, this unit either bricked or the mapping is looking for immo or it is stuck in program??
I may have found my first unit that should have been done on a keyboard without removing the chip.
I have one engine, an Audi A8 V8 4.2L that I use in a Porshe Boxster track car.
I have several ECU's for it all prior to 2003, but this is a 2004 BOSCH 4EO 907 560 ME7.1.1 3rd gen immo.

I have two questions,
1) Is chip lifting becoming old school now?
2) Any thoughts on this ECU's expected condition?