I wouldn't think so. But overly thick plated nickel can have a tendency to be brittle. I'm not seeing an issue with DIMMs. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Victor Hernandez Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 3:17 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] DIMM Gold Finger Plating Parameters Fellow TechNetters: Will an over thickness layer of nickel, 350- 1100 micro inches, hamper signal integrity. Victor, ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________