New/Old 16803

When I get out to the warm room I'll check all those numbers but what I have now is that.....
The serial number is X18040001.
Here is a 360sec dark I took yesterday at -24 deg.

 

SBIG Driver Checker Version 4.03
Maxim DL Version 6.24
SkyX Version 10.5.0 Build 12978

Firmware



Bias

 

11:31:02.972 FileDetails C:\Program Files (x86)\Software Bisque\TheSkyX Professional Edition\TheSky64\SBIGUDrv.dll
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Assembly Version: Not an assembly
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Assembly Framework:
11:31:02.987 FileDetails File Version: 4.9.9.8
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Product Version: 4.9.9.8
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Description: SBIG SBIGUDrv.DLL
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Company Name: Diffraction Limited
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Last Write Time: 2/1/2021 3:26:18 PM
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Creation Time: 6/27/2022 6:11:20 PM
11:31:02.987 FileDetails File Length: 330,240
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Attributes: Archive
11:31:02.987 PEReader Running within CLR version: v4.0.30319
11:31:02.987 PEReader Filename to check: C:\Program Files (x86)\Software Bisque\TheSkyX Professional Edition\TheSky64\SBIGUDrv.dll
11:31:02.987 PEReader Determining whether this is an assembly
11:31:02.987 PEReader.IsAssembly BadImageFormatException. hResult: 80131018 - COR_E_ASSEMBLYEXPECTED. Setting IsAssembly to: False
11:31:02.987 PEReader Determining PE Machine type
11:31:02.987 PEReader.MachineType Machine - found "Intel 64bit" executable. Characteristics: 00002022, OS32BitCompatible: False
11:31:02.987 PEReader.MachineType Reading optional 64bit header
11:31:02.987 PEReader This is not an assembly, determining Bitness through the executable bitness flag
11:31:02.987 PEReader.Bitness Found 64bit executable
11:31:02.987 PE.IsDotNetAssembly Returning: False
11:31:02.987 FileDetails .NET Assembly: False
11:31:02.987 PE.BitNess Returning: 1
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Bitness: Bits64
11:31:02.987 PE.SubSystem Returning 64bit value: WINDOWS_CUI
11:31:02.987 FileDetails Subsystem: WINDOWS_CUI

 

I took the back off the 16803 to blow dust off of things and have a look around.
On the PC board it was written in pen
X18040001
16803

On the printed circuit board etched in to the board it says....

STX-PCB-030
01/09/13
Rev E

Hope this helps

 

No wonder the 16803 stopped playing nice, you missed its 10'th year birthday.

Best,
Tim

 

Maybe it's a "Best if used by" thing?

 

Got it

 

What a nightmare.
I spent hours trying to fill out the UPS forms (and I have an account). You'd think we were on different planets.

 

One of the hazards of living in a remote Rocky Mountain location in western New Mexico I guess.

 

FedEx will neither pick up nor deliver to my house. The nearest location is in Albuquerque which is 170 miles away (340 round trip).
I wrote a pm to Colin about it.