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Dear listers,
I am looking into purchasing a high end image processing PC , that will be capable of processing large multidimensional data sets up to 1 TB in size.
Does anyone have any recommendations on a PC configuration that would be suitable?
Do people build custom PCs or buy off the shelf?
Are high spec gaming PCs up to this task?
thanks for any advice on this .
all the best
Peter
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Dear all, dear Pascal,
This is indeed very annoying!
As some of you might remember from the conversation that Kai started last year asking about the experiences with current spinning disk systems, the reports on dust problems on the W1 were by far the most frequent.
I wonder how the manufacturer can get away with such a problem without being obliged to replace or at least fix those dust collecting systems?!
Pascal, I thought that your system already was “fixed” with the magic tape solution…. So apparently this did not help. Is that correct?
Did anyone of you guys purchase a new W1 within the past 6 months? According to the manufacturer and the local distributers the dust problem should be fixed on those recently sold W1 systems. Can anyone confirm this?
Concerning the problem described I would really try to ask the distributer to solve this, in particular if the system is still under warranty.
I have no idea how to clean the disk but the system should clearly only be opened and cleaned in a clean room. Otherwise Gabor’s solutions should at least reduce the dust problem.
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Dear All,
Though I fully agree with Ferhan that it would be good if either the manufacturer or the distributor would offer a solution to this dust problem, perhaps I can make two suggestions that will certainly not eliminate the problem but perhaps make it less frequent (less frequent cleaning required). The first one is reduction of the dust in the room (very obvious). This can be potentially achieved by installing filters in the air-conditioning unit (if possible) and to apply some other "tricks" used in clean environments (sticky floor tapes etc.). The other suggestion: I believe (of course I have no scientific proof for this) that box-type incubators (enclosures) also may help. But again this does not solve the issue....
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Dear Pascal,
We have exactly the same headache with our dust gathering CSU W1 spinning disk unit which started to produce images resembling the ones in the cover pages of dendrochronology journals. As discussed earlier in this forum, this seems to be a design flaw of W1 system. We will be very happy if the original manufacturer comes up with a no-cost-to-customer fix to this problem and offers free dust cleanup and reimburses us for the aspirins.
Best regards,
Ferhan
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Dear list
We have a CSU W1 spinning disk scan head and most likely a dust particle on the disk that creates a well defined line in the image.
Please find an image here:
https://imgur.com/a/e3NKg Did somebody ever clean the disks successfully? I heard that it is very tricky to do on site in a non dust free environment.
How would I need to proceed if I would like to clean it myself? How can I access the disks and are there any tips and tricks on how to prevent even more dust flying onto the disks. So far I just accessed the emission filter wheels and the dichroic mirrors but did not dare to access the disks. Any manuals would be helpful.
Thanks a lot for your help and best regards
Pascal