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Originally Posted by alpal
I have been involved with electronic repairs for over 35 years.
I can tell everyone that even when you are an employee of a company
that sells and "repairs" their own products it is not easy to get parts
and service information.
Sometimes parts are not available after 7 years for a new product.
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Allan
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Indeed I have been a SBIG dealer for the same time, and occasionally get calls from customers who have 17 year old cameras that have served them faithfully for that time but are now kaput.
Parts are no longer available hence repairs are not an option. Often the chips themselves are simply not being made anymore.
Curiously...one can still get parts for Model-T ford cars....
However, often the sensors themselves are still good and kudos to SBIG for having an albeit not inexpensive "sensor transplant" service which allows them to be re-used in a current model camera head.
Given that many CCD lines have ceased production (perversely not due to a lack of performance) it's comforting to know some re-use is still possible.