[TenTec] Orion Died?

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

Where I worked previously we projected a failure rate within 30 days of 0.3%
of finished products. (3 units per 1000)  At 90 days the projected failure
rate dropped to 0.1%.  Out of the box, or non operation failures were
projected to be less than 0.01% (1 unit per 10,000) of any given production
lot.  (These figures do not include cosmetic issues.)

Infant mortality in electronics is a fact of life.

73
Bob, K4TAX
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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Died?


>
> It's still a sad fact that a certain percentage of electronic components
will
> suffer "infant mortality."  An equipment maker uses the best parts money
can
> buy - rigorously tests the finished product - and yet every so often
something
> breaks.
>
> Your problem may be a symptom  of a premature failure - most likely of
> thermal failure of a chip - or it may very well be an indication that a
memory chip
> has lost a bit. That happens pretty often down here in the monsoon belt
when
> there's enough static in the air to make the cat's hair stand up.
>
> And the idiot cat thinks I can do something about it! Actually, spraying a
> comb with Joy dishwashing detergent and combing it into his fur gives him
enough
> relief that he will quit biting me. But that's another story.
>
> Before you give up though, try re-downloading both the new good-for-XP
loader
> program and the latest firmware update; and then try another update. We
have
> had problems with downloads arriving with various glitches lately that a
> reload has corrected.  Including one in a sales program whose annual
maintainence
> fee is almost "four Orions."  It looks to me as though some sections of
the net
> may be approaching capacity.
>
> Good luck and 73   Pete Allen  AC5E
>
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