you guys are killing me ! I'm left needing to go back to the engineer and tell him we can't probe blind vias because it will unleash a torrent of bad puns; enough to freeze our application! (now I've given you more words to work with ... oh my) I fear that if we allow this, I will later need to do penance by walking over a bed of razor blades while blind-folded until I am weak-kneed and detached from reality. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------