According to the IPC PE-740 Troubleshooting Guide (Section 10.6.4), a "dark
reddish color" can be caused by 1) too high current density, 2) too low
operating temperature, 3) low gold concentration. All of these point to
Jan's summary below of "burned gold".
Patty
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From: Jan Bokhove
To: TechNet
Subject: Re: [TN] dark gold fingers