From edmyers at stanford.edu  Mon Jul  7 14:10:18 2008
From: edmyers at stanford.edu (Ed Myers)
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:10:18 -0700
Subject: Woollam Update
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20080707140438.02e5ae08@stanford.edu>

All,

I appears we lost the disk drive control board and it may not have 
been a virus.  I am trying to locate the board, but my best guess is 
the tool will be down through Wednesday.

If it was the disk drive board all of you who saved your data on the 
hard drive lucked out.  Remember, these drives should not be viewed 
as your personal storage devices.  We lost all the data on the AFM2 
last year and came close to losing all the Woollam data.

Also, I noticed we have 50+ hours of lamp time since July 
23rd.  Seems like some are leaving the lamp on a lot longer than needed.

Regards,
Ed



From edmyers at stanford.edu  Wed Jul  9 14:01:14 2008
From: edmyers at stanford.edu (Ed Myers)
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:01:14 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Woollam Update
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20080709135640.02e00700@stanford.edu>

All,

Progress has been made, but not enough to get the system back on 
line.  We have the hard drive board and it is installed.  We are now 
facing Window's configuration and driver challenges since we can not 
get the computer to boot up.

I am hopeful for late Thursday but it easily could be Friday.

Regards,
Ed


>Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:10:18 -0700
>To: woollam at snf.stanford.edu
>From: Ed Myers <edmyers at stanford.edu>
>Subject: Woollam Update
>
>All,
>
>I appears we lost the disk drive control board and it may not have 
>been a virus.  I am trying to locate the board, but my best guess is 
>the tool will be down through Wednesday.
>
>If it was the disk drive board all of you who saved your data on the 
>hard drive lucked out.  Remember, these drives should not be viewed 
>as your personal storage devices.  We lost all the data on the AFM2 
>last year and came close to losing all the Woollam data.
>
>Also, I noticed we have 50+ hours of lamp time since July 
>23rd.  Seems like some are leaving the lamp on a lot longer than needed.
>
>Regards,
>Ed




From edmyers at stanford.edu  Fri Jul 11 17:23:20 2008
From: edmyers at stanford.edu (Ed Myers)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:23:20 -0700
Subject: Woollam -Is Up 
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20080711172113.025f3a10@stanford.edu>

Well,

It's kind of up.  I did not find the configuration file for the 
wavelength upgrade.  This means the system is only good for 
210-1000nm wavelengths.  I have contacted Woollam and they will be 
sending me the configuration file next.

If you have any problems, please let me know

And yes, all the data was lost

Ed



From edmyers at stanford.edu  Thu Jul 24 07:41:45 2008
From: edmyers at stanford.edu (Ed Myers)
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:41:45 -0700
Subject: VASE Manger Errors
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20080724073755.0264d0c8@stanford.edu>

All,

We lost all of the recipe files when we had the hard drive 
problem.  I rushed and tried to get a couple of simple recipes 
generated for the VASE manager, but they are not working 
correctly.  I think there is a little problem in the set up, since we 
are seeing the program hang during the alignment process.  I will 
spend some time on the VASE manger when I return from my vacation.

I did not see any problems with the WVASE32 analysis program.

Regards,
Ed