John, I had a board that Sanmina did for us, hard gold on the whole thing. I'm not sure of the thickness. We think it may have caused us some poor solderability (fractures under BGA's). Good luck. Karl From: John Wheeler <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "(Designers Council Forum)" <[log in to unmask]>, John Wheeler <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] HARD GOLD BOARD HOUSE PRODUCTION QUAINTLY RECOMMENDATION NEEDED Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:28:53 -0500 Hi all, Can someone recommend some price competivite board house that can do HARD GOLD over the entire board. Can be state side or offshore. We are looking at using 30 micro inches if we can get it at a fair price. Thanks, John Wheeler --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------