Six Point Technique of faults diagnosis?
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I've never heard of the "Six Point Technique" but I HAVE heard of Six Sigma, which is a method used for quality control in many business / industrial applications.\n\nThe process was pioneered by Bill Smith of Motorola back in the 80's. The general idea was to keep an industrial process within six standard deviations (sigmas) from the median, almost eliminating defects and providing higher quality to the end user.\n\nIf this is what you were referring to, there is plenty of information available (online and off) on the subject.
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This was due to an earlier fault which has been rectified by now\nYou may read more about it here>>>\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team
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Six Sigma is a methodology to manage process variations that cause defects and to systematically work towards managing variation to eliminate those defects[1]. Defects are defined as unacceptable deviation from the mean or target. The objective of Six Sigma is to deliver high performance, reliability, and value to the end customer. The process was pioneered by Bill Smith at Motorola in 1986[2] and was originally defined[3] as a metric for measuring defects and improving quality, and a methodology to reduce defect levels below 3.4 Defects Per (one) Million Opportunities (DPMO), or put another way, a methodology of controlling a process to the point of ± six sigma (standard deviations) from a centerline. Six Sigma has now grown beyond defect control.\n\nSix Sigma is a registered service mark and trademark of Motorola, Inc[4]. Motorola has reported over US$17 billion in savings[5] from Six Sigma to date.\n\nIn addition to the Motorola, companies which also adopted six sigma methodologies early-on and continue to practice it today, are Honeywell International (previously know as Allied Signal) and General Electric (introduced by Jack Welch). The two companies have reported to have saved literally billions of dollars thanks to the aggressive implementation and daily practice of six sigma methodologies.\n\nMethodology\n\nSix Sigma has two key methodologies[6]: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify). DMAIC is used to improve an existing business process. DMADV is used to create new product designs or process designs in such a way that it results in a more predictable, mature and defect free performance. Sometimes a DMAIC project may turn into a DFSS project because the process in question requires complete redesign to bring about the desired degree of improvement.\n\n[edit] DMAIC\n\nBasic methodology consists of the following five phases:\n\n    * Define formally define the process improvement goals that are consistent with customer demands and enterprise strategy.\n    * Measure to define baseline measurements on current process for future comparison. Map and measure the process in question and collect required process data.\n    * Analyze to verify relationship and causality of factors. What is the relationship? Are there other factors that have not been considered?\n    * Improve optimize the process based upon the analysis using techniques like Design of Experiments.\n    * Control setup pilot runs to establish process capability, transition to production and thereafter continuously measure the process and institute control mechanisms to ensure that variances are corrected before they result in defects.\n\n[edit] DMADV\n\nBasic methodology consists of the following five phases:\n\n    * Define formally define the goals of the design activity that are consistent with customer demands and enterprise strategy.\n    * Measure identify CTQs (critical to qualities), product capabilities, production process capability, risk assessment, etc.\n    * Analyze develop and design alternatives, create high-level design and evaluate design capability to select the best design.\n    * Design develop detail design, optimize design, and plan for design verification. This phase may require simulations.\n    * Verify design, setup pilot runs, implement production process and handover to process owners.\n\nAlso see Design for Six Sigma quality. The most common acronym for Design for Six Sigma is DFSS.\n\nSome people have used DMAICR (realize). Others contend that focusing on the financial gains realized through Six Sigma is counter-productive and that said financial gains are simply byproducts of a good process improvement.\n\nAnother additional flavor of Design for Six Sigma is the DMEDI method. This process is almost exactly like the DMADV process, utilizing the same toolkit, but with a different acronym. DMEDI stands for:\n\n    * Define\n    * Measure\n    * Explore\n    * Develop
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You will find some diagnostic tools and low level format tools on www.maxtor.com (select software downloads). If the diagnostics fail then it is time to replace.
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Hi\n\nUse Testking there are usually current. \n\nthanks
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There is no certification process for 6 Sigma.  It is not a contractual standard like ISO 9000 for which certification is possible.
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Probably a t-test. \n\nTell us what hypothesis you are testing.
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forget that test, they always find some "faults" only to animate you buying a useless system tool. if the PC is working normally why should you change something?
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Maybe the following picture will give you an idea:\nhttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dpeter508/detail?.dir=/c51a&.dnm=b97fre2.jpg&.src=ph\n\nThis is a binary pattern painted on the shaft, with three sensors (red dots in the pic).  The outermost sensor will detect black and white squares, and can determine rotational speed based on the rate that the black and white squares go by.  As the shaft rotates, the sensors will detect the 3-bit pattern painted on the shaft at any point.  If the shaft is turning in one direction, the pattern will appear to "count up" or down depending on direction.
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Patterns of seismic activity along a fault line.\n\nScientists set up seismographs to measure this activity. Movement along faultlines is not uncommon. But we do not usually feel it b/c it is not strong enough. They, however, can detect these slight movements w/ their sensitive equipment.\n\nThere are some other signs as well. An increase in geologic activity near a faultline can give clues. Uplifting of land is one. Increases in geothermal activity may be another.
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I know of a website which offers a Six Sigma manual and Question bank among many other things. Try visiting it and see if it suits your needs.\nwww.treqna.com
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Do you mean Six Sigma? Go here:\n\nhttp://www.isixsigma.com/
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check the jumpers \nand check that you did not break a pin off
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A measure of how a buggy your software is.\nBuggy lines divided by total lines.
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Useful in medical diagnosis.
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Six Sigma is a methodology to manage process variations that cause defects and to systematically work towards managing variation to eliminate those defects. Defects are defined as unacceptable deviation from the mean or target. The objective of Six Sigma is to deliver high performance, reliability, and value to the end customer.\n\nThe roots of Six Sigma as a measurement standard can be traced back to Carl Frederick Gauss (1777-1855) who introduced the concept of the normal curve. Six Sigma as a measurement standard in product variation can be traced back to the 1920's when Walter Shewhart showed that three sigma from the mean is the point where a process requires correction. Many measurement standards (Cpk, Zero Defects, etc.) later came on the scene but credit for coining the term "Six Sigma" goes to a Motorola engineer named Bill Smith. (Incidentally, "Six Sigma" is a federally registered trademark of Motorola).\n\nIn the early and mid-1980s with Chairman Bob Galvin at the helm, Motorola engineers decided that the traditional quality levels -- measuring defects in thousands of opportunities -- didn't provide enough granularity. Instead, they wanted to measure the defects per million opportunities. The process was pioneered by Bill Smith at Motorola in 1986 and was originally defined as a metric for measuring defects and improving quality, and a methodology to reduce defect levels below 3.4 Defects Per (one) Million Opportunities (DPMO), or put another way, a methodology of controlling a process to the point of ± six sigma (standard deviations) from a centerline. Motorola developed this new standard and created the methodology and needed cultural change associated with it. Six Sigma helped Motorola realize powerful bottom-line results in their organization - in fact, they documented more than $16 Billion in savings as a result of Six Sigma efforts. Six Sigma has now grown beyond defect control and is a registered service mark and trademark of Motorola, Inc. Motorola has reported over US$17 billion in savings from Six Sigma to date.\n\nIn addition to the Motorola, companies which also adopted six sigma methodologies early-on and continue to practice it today, are Honeywell International (previously know as Allied Signal) and General Electric (introduced by Jack Welch). The two companies have reported to have saved literally billions of dollars thanks to the aggressive implementation and daily practice of six sigma methodologies.\n\nSince then, hundreds of companies around the world have adopted Six Sigma as a way of doing business. This is a direct result of many of America's leaders openly praising the benefits of Six Sigma. Leaders such as Larry Bossidy of Allied Signal (now Honeywell), and Jack Welch of General Electric Company. Rumor has it that Larry and Jack were playing golf one day and Jack bet Larry that he could implement Six Sigma faster and with greater results at GE than Larry did at Allied Signal. The results speak for themselves.\n\nSix Sigma has evolved over time. It's more than just a quality system like TQM or ISO. It's a way of doing business. As Geoff Tennant describes in his book Six Sigma: SPC and TQM in Manufacturing and Services: "Six Sigma is many things, and it would perhaps be easier to list all the things that Six Sigma quality is not. Six Sigma can be seen as: a vision; a philosophy; a symbol; a metric; a goal; a methodology."
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I think there's a program called "MemTest" or "RamTest" or something along those lines.  Basically, look for some freeware that tests it - usually can be found on any of the "tech" sites.\n\nEdit: Yes, it is "MemTest" - I just "googled" it.  You may want to do the same.