Does a TCP peer reset the connection after exhaust the send retry counter?

Does a TCP peer reset the connection after exhaust the send retry counter?

Supose a Windows TCP peer sending a TCP packet and the remote peer not
ACK'ing it neither reseting the connection (kernel crash, power/hardware
failure,etc.)
Does the windows peer reset the connection after exhaust the send retry
counter?
Does the TCP RFC say something about it?
My doubt arises after reading the following sentence (in "Re-transmission
Behavior" paragraph of this page
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169292/en-us):
After computer "X's" retries are exhausted, you may not see a "Reset"
right away. If computer "Y" finally responds, computer "X" may then reset
the connection.
Thanks in advance and forgive me for my rudimentary english.
Regards