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Dell Says SSD Failure Rate Rumors Have
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any numbers in his blog post. Earlier in the week, Avian Securities managing parter Avi Cohen published a report stating that Dell was experiencing 20-30% return rates on its SSD laptops. 10 to 20 percent of those returns were for technical failures while the...
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Xbox 360 Update May Cause System Failures
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if the issue was resolved or not. The Xbox 360 console is infamous for its frequent system failures. Last year, Microsoft was involved in a lawsuit over the so-called "Red Ring of Death," where it was claimed that the software giant had concealed the failure...
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Avoiding the Heartbreak of Notebook Hard Drive Failure
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system architects can do to lessen the impact of drive failure.. See the companion article: The Easy Way to Replace a Dying Notebook Hard Drive. Most notebook drive failures fit into two categories: Heat and physical failure. First, heat is unavoidable,...
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Microsoft Sued Over Red Ring of Death
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Arcade to Elite- should feature the redesigned hardware with a failure rate now below 15%. Still, console errors are not uncommon, as many consumers still endure video errors, hard drive failures, or other technical issues associated with one red light flashing....
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The Triboelectric Effect
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up. There are three kinds of component failures caused by ESD: catastrophic, latent, and upset. As you might expect, catastrophic failure means your device is toast. The damage done to the component is extensive enough that the device is rendered permanently...
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CFLs: Cool Tech, Still Hot
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mA when dimmed to 75% drew 450 mA. This is way out of spec and an obvious failure waiting to happen. Again, let’s use our heads. Do you hear endless news stories about people’s houses burning down because of CFL failures? I sure don’t. So unless...
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Microsoft: Xbox 360 Fails a 'Thing of the Past'
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Microsoft: Xbox 360 Fails a 'Thing of the Past'. Microsoft Xbox Console Failure RRoD. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg really things the Xbox 360 hardware failures are a thing of the past. . Earlier today, GameSpot spoke with Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, the director...
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Everyday Tech Myths
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power. What about premature failure from power cycling? “The impact of various system turn-on/turn-off options on MTBF (mean time between failure) is a function of temperature and temperature fluctuation,” says Dodson. “The system temperature in sleep/...
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Report: New Xbox 360s More Reliable Than Ever
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Jasper, has the RROD problem mostly solved. Check the graph below: Overall, over the last couple of years, the Xbox 360 is still most prone to failures even when not taking the RROD defects into account. Check out the full SquareTrade report here...
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Xbox 360 Woes: E74 Becoming Big Problem
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hardware technical issues against Sony's PlayStation 3. Of course, although all three current consoles suffer hardware issues to some degree, the Xbox 360 oozes with hardware design failures, feeling almost as if the console was hastily thrown together rather...