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GeneChip® Scanner 3000 Bulletin

To run the GeneChip Rat Expression 230 Arrays, GeneChip Mouse Expression 430 Arrays, or CustomExpress™ Arrays (Formats: 100-2187, 49-5241, 49-7875) on the GeneChip Scanner 3000, you will need to install the library files as usual and then perform a short update to those library files.

If the library files have not been updated, you will still be able to set up the experiment and perform the washing and staining of the arrays. However, when you attempt to scan the arrays using the GeneChip Scanner 3000, the following error will be displayed immediately from Microarray Suite (MAS) and the scan will be terminated.

 

Customers Impacted:
All GeneChip Scanner 3000 instrument workstations scanning:

  • GeneChip Rat Expression 230 Arrays
  • GeneChip Mouse Expression 430 Arrays
  • CustomExpress™ Arrays (Formats: 100-2187, 49-5241, 49-7875)

GeneChip Scanner 3000 instrument workstations that have recently had their library files re-installed due to a rebuild of the workstation or due to a complete uninstall/reinstall of the MAS software including all library files.

Recommendation:
Please run MercuryUpdate.exe from the GeneChip Scanner 3000 Scan Parameters CD included with the MAS 5.1 software on both the instrument workstation and the LIMS server which can be downloaded from the following link:

File, MercuryUpdate (zip, 212 KB)

Please read the instructions and update the appropriate library files before continuing with the scan of the arrays.

GeneChip Scanner 3000 Update Library File Installation on LIMS Server
This document includes instructions on how to update existing library files on a LIMS Server with GeneChip Scanner 3000 Parameters.

Instruction, Mercury Server Install Update (doc, 66 KB)

GeneChip Scanner 3000 Update Library File Installation on the Client Workstation
This document includes instructions on how to update existing library files on a client workstation with the GeneChip Scanner 3000 Parameters.

Instruction, Mercury Client Install Update (doc, 86 KB)

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