Yes Im old and definitely behind the times. But this is what kills our love of the automotive world. After seeing this I had visions of Lab Techs walking around in white lab coats.
Im gonna try SDD but my stand by OBDII laptop runs XP and it dosent install on that platform.

 

You’d need an approved dongle as well. If the main dealer’s a well versed tech, might be worth getting to know them. The rate’s quite standard and if he knows what he’s doing it’s worth it.

 

"But this is what kills our love of the automotive world."...
So he is making every effort to help you out and this bothers you?

 

So, that Jaguar mechanic woke up the next morning and, to his surprise, found himself standing before the Pearly Gates! "Saint Peter", he exclaimed, "why am I here?" And Saint Peter explained that his time had come. "Oh no," said the mechanic, there must be a mistake - I'm only 45 years old!"

"Well", said Saint Peter, "I double checked my book, and according to your time sheets, you're 78! Welcome!"

 

There's SERVICE which follows a recommended schedule from JLR and the only variable between dealers is their hourly rate. Then there's REPAIRS for which dealers can usually give an accurate quote as parts are rarely repaired nowadays and are simply replaced.

Your situation appears to be different. The message trail suggests the vehicle has been in an ACCIDENT and has unspecified electrical issues. If this is correct, no shop could possibly estimate for the time or cost prior to some preliminary investigation.

SDD was designed to run in Windows XP. Around v1.50 Windows 7 became the recommended OS but it would still run on XP. This was the last 'full' version with SPA and VDF files included. Windows 10 was added from v1.58. If you are intending to try diagnosis yourself before using the dealer (and I would most definitely take that approach), then v1.50 or earlier will be suitable.

Graham

 

Graham, don't ever die. This forum would suffer a massive hole. Probably other reasons to not die also, but that's the one which fits in here.

 

*Prays his billables are under 2080 hours a year so he doesn't get shortchanged lifespan*

 

 

i Downloaded SDD 1.63 from Topix went to install it on my XP machine and got message not supported on this system then Shut down.
Where do I pick up a v.1.50 ?

 

You can get free versions of Windows 7 on the internet, which is six years newer than XP. That'd probably be better anyway.

 

I could send you the links to download the full SDD v1.50 fileset from my MediaFire storage account but check the filesizes - you'll need a good broadband connection and to sign up for the free version of MediaFire.





Send me a PM if you want to do this. I don't want to post links on the open forum.

Graham

 

V130 is sufficient for your 2007 car.
You can also run SDD on a virtual machine Windows 7/XP if you have a more modern computer with a later operating system. My V130 is running on an Intel MacBook Air with a Windows 7 VM.
In addition to the dongle, you will need a clean power supply to keep your battery at greater than the SDD minimum 12.6 VDC with about 40 amps capacity.