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August 6, 2004

Intermittent failure

Intermittent failure: Carmen Crincoli of Microsoft points out a frequent cause of intermittent failures which cannot be produced on demand: heat buildup. Things can change if your cooling vents or fan get too much dust. It's also a good essay on how people "on the other end of the phone" try to discover the difference-that-makes-a-difference to likewise achieve a failure.

Posted by John Dowdell at August 6, 2004 4:58 PM