Hi All! We just got some BGA's in (it was a shortage for a kit), and there were a few parts that were missing balls. I looked at the parts under a microscope and observed that each ball had some gouges in the sides of the ball. I'm assuming that those gouges are from an electrical test that's done on the part, and always occur on BGA's...I just never noticed it before. Is my assumption correct? Or is this something I should worry about with these parts? (The one's without the balls I'm rejecting of course...) -Steve Gregory- ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################