Thanks again & more help please (resent)

Paul Shin (alchemy@oxy.edu)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:19:56 -0800

Hello all,

Thanks again for all the responses for the Xedplot manual. I stand
corrected since I said there wasn't one. Tom Pratum sent me a copy of the
Xspec manual that Bruker published in 1993 (part #Z30750). This is exactly
what should do the trick! Bruker also sent me a couple of other documents
that might be of use.

I would also like help please: My SGI O2 crashed when I was working with
Xedplot on it with our DRX400 NMR instrument. I had to step a way and upon
returning a few hours later to run a sample, the lock was inoperative (an
error message indicating so when I activated the lock window with the
LOCKDISP command). I tried again to activate the lock window with no luck,
so I checked all the hardware in the back. The computer hadn't been moved
and it's strategically placed to avoid any accidental interaction with the
cabling. Everything seemed fine and tight (read- nothing moved) when all of
a sudden I heard a soft sound of a computer shutdown and sure enough the
SGI O2 died (nothing on the moniyor). I turned off all power and inspected
all the components and nothing appears to be fried or worn. I am absolutely
at a loss as to what happened.

Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon and/or know what to do?

Thanks for any help in advance,
Paul

P.S. I apologize for the second posting (I didn't see its original posting
to the group (BUM) attempted 3/5). This is the first posting to AMMRL.

P.P.S. As an update, Bruker thinks it might be a bad motherboard. Another
person suggested a dead monitor. Since there are no other SGIs on campus, I
can't swap and check components. Anyone have any ideas as to the situation?
Any and all suggestions are welcome!

Paul Shin, Ph.D.
Instrumentation Facilities Manager
Department of Chemistry
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 259-1416 Office
(323) 341-4912 FAX

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