What you have, then, is a set of defective machines.
>
> I'll mention it to the people who handle the replacement of hardware, but
> from the sounds of this and Dick's e-mail, it's most likely hardware of
> some sort or possibly overheating. They can decide if they want to try to
> figure out which component is causing the problem, or if they'd prefer to
> just replace the faulty machines completely and worry about tracking the
> component later. We have plenty of spares in the warehouse.
>
Indeed. This is the way to do it.
FWIW, a lot of PC vendors do extremely limited testing on each
machine and effectively use warranty service as a burn-in test.
-hpa
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