The Mercury News has a lengthy though interesting article posted about a visit to Microsoft's California campus, the location for hardware testing the Xbox 360.The testing was very rigorous; a bug-count of thousands had to be narrowed down to exactly zero, so the engineers roasted, cooled and for some reason simulated lightning strikes on the console to cover every possible eventuality:
She walked by a table with a bunch of wiring and some more decapitated Xbox 360s and said they test them to see if they can withstand surges that come from lightening strikes. There is something called an “ESD gun” on the table. I think to myself, if lightening strikes my house, I don’t think I will keep playing my game. She also said they have to test for dealing with voltage changes and brown-outs.
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