There are no chips for our ECU. There is nothing to plug it into, the ECU is a sealed box.
The only way to re-program it is to re-flash it. And doing so through the OBDII port under the steering wheel isn't the best way to do it. You can run into some serious problems doing it that way. it is better to re-flash connecting the ECU box directly to the re-flash device.
The only other way to get around the issue is to a run piggy-back of some sort. And the Apex'i S-AFC WILL NOT WORK!