Bramage

I am looking at picking up a Star Diag system. Anyone have any suggestions?

I had one previously, but sold it to another member. It was a Chinese version running in VMWare, and that is one alternative, but wanted to see what was out there and get some ideas from the forum.

Dev mode is a requirement.


EDIT- Got what I needed, and did not want to bump. All good. THANKS TO HE WHO SATISFIED THIS REQUEST!! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

stockC43

I too am looking for a quality sds with developer mode. Compact 3 or 4. What is a good price/source of a reliable quality unit? Ex less than a few grand. I'm not a business so $7.5k + is way too much for me. My china one died a while back and need a new one. Thanks

03'55AMG

Pm Shardul. He has SDS set ups. Hell take care of you

PACougar

I want to be satisfied I need a dev mode one as well.

cij911

Me 3....What did you get Bramage ?

jrramage

I am interested in an SDS as well... feel free to PM me any info... BTW I don't believe bramage and I are related. He did take my user name tho I am left with no choice but to use JR.

FASN8N

PM Shardul

ealltech

I have bought the star diagnosis compact 5 unit from china/hong kong for 29900USD. My findings of the unit however are terrible. I ordered it without the laptop as I already have the correct notebook. The unit I received looked very professional as you can see in the pictures!

menace2sobriety

This is the crowd I used, I have had NO issues what so ever with my unit, all I had to do was buy a Dell laptop for $50NZD ($30US)

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/prod...961495571.html

Developer mode and also full assistance if things go wrong

Cost me about $260US with free delivery

Z_de_Suisse

What are the specs for the laptop ? Does it have to be a Dell or can it be something else ?

ghlainez

PM Shardul I got mine from him and it works perfect.

mAMG

So what is the difference between yours and the one Shardul sells for 850$ ?

menace2sobriety

Price I guess?

There are 100's of sellers online selling Star set ups and finding a good one is hit and miss, especially from Chinese sellers

I took the chance with this seller on AliExpress and it works perfectly

l pagan

same here

l pagan

Sharduls works and he's here to help

s_ager

Have to ask, what do you guys use this star diag fore?

m3j0n

does this one have Developer mode?

menace2sobriety

Yes full dev mode and developer keygen

I have currently used mine to

Delete Rear O2's
Disable EGR
Disable SAI
-10 Fan Mod
Scan and Clear Faults
Reset all adaptations and set other values back to defaults
Performed diagnostic tests on O2's, Throttle Body, Sensors

Went to lower it but driveway was on an angle and thought twice before applying the settings

I am sure I have done more but that is just off the top of my head

Z_de_Suisse

Sounds like a good choice you have made. So can you share the specs of the computer you have used ?

Did you have to install something on the laptop when you got it ?

The Shardul option is certainly interresting, but I'm in Europe, so that will be only if I don't find other alternatives.

menace2sobriety

The laptop I used was a Dell D630 but you can also use the Dell D620, the laptop I bought (separately) only came with 1GB memory but I will most likely add another 1GB, you just specify if you are using the Dell or IBM or Memory Stick

Everything was on the HDD fully supplied, all I had to do was run the keygen after boot to enable Dev mode as it links to the hardware fingerprint (don't quote me on this as it is just from memory)

Basically, installed HDD, clicked around for 5 minutes, figured out what value I needed to copy to the Keygen and it was all good to go, plugged into car and all connected first pop

Just note: I am not pushing sales on these, you can buy what ever one you want where ever you want, I just solely answered the question the OP asked

I did enquire with Shardul and another member before purchasing this one, but it was a bit out of my price range at the time, which is why I winged it with this Chinese seller and luckily got a decent setup

Z_de_Suisse

Understood. Thanks for the detailed info, that's a useful tip.