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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Paul D. Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel M. Ranck, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Paul D. Kangas, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel M. Ranck, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Detecting system component failures in a computing system, including: detecting, by an illumination detector, the occurrence of an illumination event in the computing system; determining, by an illumination event identifier, whether the illumination event is associated with a suspected component failure in the computing system; and sending, by a notification system, a failure event notification upon determining that the illumination event is associated with a suspected component failure in the computing system.