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===Hard vs soft bricking=== The term '''"bricking"''' refers to the process of a product losing functionality to the point that it becomes "brick-like" -- just a useless object. A product becomes '''hard-bricked''' if <u>all</u> its functionality is lost, usually in a very sudden manner -- in the flick of a switch. Hard-bricked devices are often difficult to de-brick. A product becomes '''soft-bricked''' when <u>some</u> of its functionality is lost. Soft-bricking can occur quickly but it can also slowly progress into hard-bricking; I.E: [[Intel CPUs stability issue|oxidation of a processor slowly killing it]]. *'''Planned obsolescence''' usually has a soft-bricking effect because designers tend to use a "slow-burn" effect which slowly harms the functioning of the device. The practice is unlikely to immediately destroy all functionality and is very difficult to detect as it might take several years to have a major impact. *'''EOL''' is unpredictable in the bricking severity. Some EOL products may survive several years without requiring any repairs at all -- this is evidence of good design -- others may fail very quickly. **'''Physical Discontinuation bricking''' occurs when it is impossible to continue maintaining an EOL resulting in a total failure. **'''Digital discontinuation bricking''' is unique in that the product's functionality is almost always kept intact, just some digital system blocks using any of the features; it is hard to determine if this is "soft" or "hard" bricking because while all functionality is lost, its lost because the device blocking the function.
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