> To follow up: my laser has been replaced. But now Applied Biosystems
> is saying that the "block dropping" phenomenon probably has nothing to
> do with the laser. Rather version 2 of data collection can start to drop
> blocks in the way I describe above if the sequencer and computer are not
> restarted every 2-3 days!
> Given that version 2 is set-up to allow continuous running (rolling
> loading) this seems most unfortunate. Restarting the sequencer wastes
> all the polymer that is in the sheath flow shringe.
> Has anyone seen this phenomenon?
> Phillip SanMiguel
> Purdue Genomics Core Facility
>
Hi Phillip,
our three 3700 machines are run pretty much constantly, I reckon we
restart the computer and sequencer about once every two weeks. I have
never seen the dropping out you describe.
nick
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