Hi kalle-h,
Has the method worked well for you in the past? Any changes recently like column trims? Sometimes small pieces of column can get caught inside the modulator fittings and impede flow, which has negative effects on our data.
If your peaks…
Hi Carmen,
Visually check your column in signs of contamination of stationary phase. It looks like your column was too old. In that case you could just reverse the column direction, and put for for long term conditioning at room temperature, then condition…
What should you consider when selecting gases for your new GC or GC/MS system?
Which gases will you be using?
Did you c onfirm that gases available are a supported configuration for installation ?
Gas requirements are specified in Site Preparation…
Are there electronic checks that can check to make sure a filament isn't failing because of an electronic issue? We had a filament die, which isn't too surprising considering it was nearly ten years old (teaching institution, the instrument sees periodic…
Hello,
For awhile now, I've been having issues with my resolution axis "passing" for masses 25 and 26 in no gas mode. I have done many cleanings and new tuning solutions. Can anyone explain what is causing this continual failing and what I could do…
Hello Agilent community,
I have recently been 'Recovery Test in GMP' of Openlab 3.4 (Build 3.4.0.242) in a standalone environment using the Windows Hyper-V feature.
During the testing, I found the following two issues
First, a warning message…
I work in a small, environmental lab. We test aluminum levels in serum using ICP-MS. We can run batches of 250 samples at a time. We dilute 500 microliters of serum to 5 ml using 0.2% HNO3. We calibrate using 1, 5, 10, and 20 ppb Aluminum std. At the…
We have OpenLab 2.1 (with content manger) running our GC and LC systems. We have successfully been running 2 x GC and 6 x LC systems however this morning on two of the systems we can see the following error:
Acquisition
Failed to connect to the…
This Information Applies To: Agilent 8890/8860 GC Systems with SSL, MMI, PTV, or VI inlets.
Issue
Split vent trap replacement is recommended as part of the scheduled preventive maintenance. Sometimes, it has to be replaced when the inlet pressure...
This Information Applies To: Agilent 6000 Series LC/MS systems equipped with MS40+ rotary vane pumps
Issue
Instructions on how to replace the filter in an Agilent MS 40+ pump as part of annual pump maintenance
Background
The filter in the...
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-OES 5000 Series (5100/5110/5800/5900) with ICP Expert 7.5.x Software
Issue
The Recommended Routine Maintenance Schedule does not adjust for the number of samples analyses or the sample matrix, both of which...
This Information Applies To: Agilent 7890/7820 GC Systems with SSL, MMI, PTV, or VI inlets.
Issue
Split vent trap replacement is recommended as part of the scheduled preventive maintenance. Sometimes, it has to be replaced when the inlet pressure...
This Information Applies To: Agilent LC pumps
Issue:
Stuck or obstructed check valves (Active Inlet Valve (AIV), Passive Inlet Valve (PIV), Outlet Ball Valve (OBV)) can cause issues such as no-flow or no-pressure, moderate to strong drops in pressure...
This Information Applies To: Agilent 1260 Infinity II multisampler, 1290 Infinity II multisampler, 1260 Infinity II SFC multisampler, and 1260 Infinity II bio-Inert multisampler
Issue
The needle bends while moving to the wash port or showing one...
This Information Applies To: Agilent OpenLab CDS 2.x
Issue
This article outlines the step-by-step instruction on how to overlay chromatograms for OpenLab CDS 2.x
Steps to Follow
Load data from result sets or single samples. See Load or add...
This Information Applies To: Agilent Lab Advisor Software, Agilent Multicolumn Thermostat
Issue:
Agilent Lab Advisor is a great tool to diagnose the issue of your HPLC. Running the tests that are relevant to your specific issue in the Service &...
This Information Applies To: Agilent OpenLab CDS (ver 2.x)
Content:
The following procedure shows how to review completed injections in a running sequence in OpenLab CDS (ver 2.x).
Steps to Follow:
Select the sequence from the Run Queue...