It depends. If your board is flexible somewhat and you do require drop test or random vib, and your support points (screw position) is far and in between... you might need to worry, not just assembly (flatness is not a issue as you say), but reliability. Joyce Koo Materials Researcher - Materials Interconnect Lab Research In Motion Limited Office: (519) 888-7465 79945 Mobile: (226) 220-4760 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack Olson Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:36 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Mounting Hardware to QFP Component Lead To the assembly professionals out there: Have you ever had reliability issues with mounting screws if they are near a Quad Flat-Pack? My 144 pin land pattern is pretty close (100mils) but we are mounting the board into a very flat structure (no bowing) I can't imagine the compression of the board material could affect gull-wing style lead connections (maybe BGA?) but I don't know... thanks, Jack ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________