Being a designer of both software and hardware, I would say that randoms bugs can maniftest themselves as either hardware or software. Until we know the symptoms and state of his machine at the time of the shutdown, then it's all conjecture. More info is needed.
bob On Monday 07 October 2002 06:05 am, Ron Stodden wrote: > Bob Walker wrote: > > You're making an assumption that this is a hardware issue. I wouldn't be > > so quick to start dismantling the box. Rather, I would start by having > > the bug reporters further clarify the bug. > > He states that the bug occurs at random, which usually strongly > identifies it as hardware. > > In any case, many people are too scared to do the fairly simple hardware > test I suggested. It usually turns out to be much easier and quicker > than a software diagnosis, where you can so easily get lost "Now what > was I trying to do?". It also positively eliminates any removed card > as the culprit if the problem remains.
