In <2.2.32.19960925082112.01370420@janus> GRAEME ROLLINSON writes:
 
>
> Just a follow up on the status of this problem.
>
> It has been traced to a faulty cache on the second processor board - I'd
> been trying to tell HP for 2 weeks that the problem was hardware and not
> software related, but they insisted that the B800 was a problem with the OS.
>
> After much pain, they decided to check the HPMC status at bootup and voila,
> they then were convinced.
 
This reminds me of the proposition:
 
The probability that a problem is caused by hardware is directly proportional
to the degree of certainty that it is caused by software.
 
Restated:
 
The probablility that a problem IS caused by software is inversely proportional
to the degree of certainty that it is caused by software.
 
Or:
 
The more you think it's software, the more likely it is to be hardware!
 
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