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Chapter 7 Maintaining the Instrument
7-4 Applied Biosystems 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System and SDS Enterprise Database User Guide
Recommended Maintenance Schedule
Maintenance
Schedule
The following table includes a list of tasks that should be performed on the
Applied Biosystems 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System regularly.
Table 7-1 Maintenance Schedule for the 7900HT Instrument
Interval Task See Page
Week (7 Days)
Archive SDS Files 7-54
Month (30 Days)
Perform a Background Run 7-16
Check (and if necessary replace) Gripper Finger
Pads
7-52
Defragment the Computer Hard Drive 7-54
Semi-Annually
(6 Months)
Perform a Pure Dye Run
*
*Perform a background run before each Pure Dye Run.
7-20
Check Applied Biosystems Web Site for Software
Updates
7-55
Su M T W Th F S
Su M T W Th F S
January
Su M T W Th F S Su M T W Th F S
July