TechNetters, does anyone know of a lab that can test a couple of ICs that we are having trouble with? Both are relatively old, and hard to come by. The customer is supplying us with ones they've gotten from brokers and that we are expected to use. The story I hear is that they have been used before, some of the leads are bent, and there is solder on the leads. Unfortunately, we are having better than 50% fallout at assembly test due to these old parts. So I'm looking for a lab that could screen them for us, thereby reducing our assembly test fallout. One is an 8-bit CMOS D/A converter, Analog Devices AD7524JN. The other is a real time clock with some RAM, Motorola MC146818AP. Thanks for any suggestions. Lou Hart Compunetix 412-858-6184 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------