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Start up |
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During your first login attempt, you receive an error message at the bottom of the Main Window indicating a failed server connection or login. |
If this is unsuccessful, contact (or have your administrator contact) the STN Help Desk. |
You attempt to use CAS Registry BLAST and either of the following two messages display:
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Install the appropriate drivers for your machine; if necessary, select 256 colors, and reboot. (Contact CAS, if desired, for specifics.) Explanation: On some operating systems, CAS Registry BLAST cannot operate on a display that is set to less than 256 colors. |
Search process |
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You receive a message telling you that submitting the current query will put you over your quota. |
Delete a sufficient number of queries to bring you below the quota. Until this occurs, no additional queries can be submitted. |
An error message states that your search has failed due to excessive CPU consumption. |
Contact CAS. |
Your search fails because a search server has gone down after a search has begun, but prior to completion. |
Re-run the sequence query. The query process will not restart automatically. |
As search completes |
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This message displays:
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Explanation: The sequence length exceeded 32,000 characters. |
An error message states that your report has been "trimmed" due to size. |
If the original search used multiple database subsets, try re-running the search on individual subsets. Explanation: When a report exceeds a given threshold, all High Scoring Pairs (HSPs) are deleted from sequences at the end of the report. Re-running the search on subsets should result in smaller individual reports (although E values will differ from those in the original search). How to tell if deletions have occurred:
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