Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

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Subject: Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 9:23 pm

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:07:28PM +0100, Folderol wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:46:01 +0200

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> fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:
>
> > Still it's quite sobering that this cheap 0.30 Euro thing
> > was capable of bringing down a 1600 Euro workstation...
> > Who would suspect a switch to fail in this way ?
> >
> > Ciao,
>
> Not the least bit surprised. In my industry crappy membrane switches
> bring £3,000,000 printing presses to a halt :(

Membrane switches should be banned from industrial equipment
by law (health and safety regulations come to mind). Any switch
used in such an environment should require a force of at least
10 N to operate it, and be designed to survice being hit by a
20 pound hammer.

> Doesn't help that operators tend to poke them with allen keys,

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> screwdrivers, pens or whatever else they may happen to have in their
> hand at the time.

The strange thing about that PC power switch is that it is
almost never used. The rendering machines wake up by a LAN
message from the master, and shutdown by remote control as
well. They are never touched.

Ciao,

--
Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux, mais
nonchalant d’elle, et encore plus de mon jardin imparfait.
(Michel de Montaigne)
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[LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sat Jul 17, 8:46 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Tim E. Real, (Mon Jul 19, 6:23 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Mon Jul 19, 8:01 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Jörn Nettingsmeier, (Sun Jul 18, 12:38 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sun Jul 18, 1:56 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sun Jul 18, 2:14 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Florian Faber, (Sun Jul 18, 2:12 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sun Jul 18, 2:43 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sun Jul 18, 3:03 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Florian Faber, (Sun Jul 18, 3:07 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sun Jul 18, 1:28 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jul 18, 2:56 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sun Jul 18, 9:14 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sun Jul 18, 9:28 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jul 18, 1:33 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sun Jul 18, 1:50 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sun Jul 18, 2:04 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Arnold Krille, (Sat Jul 17, 9:20 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 9:17 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, drew Roberts, (Sat Jul 17, 10:04 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jul 18, 2:59 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, drew Roberts, (Sun Jul 18, 2:07 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jul 18, 2:49 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sun Jul 18, 3:05 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Frank Smith, (Mon Jul 19, 8:25 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Geoff Beasley, (Mon Jul 19, 8:32 am)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jul 18, 3:14 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, drew Roberts, (Mon Jul 19, 2:46 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Gene Heskett, (Mon Jul 19, 6:34 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sun Jul 18, 6:30 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, James Morris, (Sun Jul 18, 9:37 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 10:23 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 10:19 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sat Jul 17, 9:07 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Frank Smith, (Sun Jul 18, 1:35 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sun Jul 18, 2:17 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, , (Sat Jul 17, 9:23 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 9:28 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Folderol, (Sat Jul 17, 10:32 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 10:45 pm)

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC, Ralf Mardorf, (Sat Jul 17, 9:22 pm)