Re: Re: 2 Fried G210's in a single day :-(

On 8 May, CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> User induced or undeterminable failures were 19* drives out of 4,680
> OEM units shipped, or 0.4%. Non-user induced failures (our fault)
> were 12 units, for a failure rate of 0.25%. This is a much more
> tolerable number.

Mariss, thanks for this information. I've always been a bit curious.

These would be great numbers for something as low-tech as a toaster
oven.

Considering the technology inside a Gecko, the terrible task we put them
to and the wide range of end user electronics experience, these are,
to my mind, astonishingly good numbers.

Congratulations.

Alan

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