Re: Wow, first lead-free victim: Microsoft Xbox 1 billion damage



On a sunny day (Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:16:20 GMT) it happened Joerg
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Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:10:56 GMT) it happened Joerg
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Source (in German):
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/92447


I understand German well


Als eine mögliche Fehlerursache vermuten Experten das auf der Platine
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verwendete bleifreie Lot, das wegen der häufigen Temperaturwechsel brüchig
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werden könnte.
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but I fail to see any mention of being a victim
of lead-free soldering in that article.


Also warum nicht?


"vermuten" ist "assume". I'd have expected a wee bit more meat here ;-)

Experts assume ? Pretty strong.
Almost as strong as WMDs in Iraq, maybe even stronger.
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