One way to confirm if the nickel got missed in the plating process would be to do a quick XRF analysis. Dave On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:49 PM, John Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > If that is ENIG you probably either have a severe case of > hyper corroded nickel (black pad) or skip plating where there is no nickel > under the gold usually caused by inadequate tin stripping of the via holes > connected to the BGA pads “poisoning” the nickel plating process. > > > Sent from my iPad Pro > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:44 PM -0800, "Guy Ramsey" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ENIG > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:56 PM, David Hillman < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi Steve - do you know what original board finish was used? ENIG? ImAg? > > ImSn? > > > > Dave Hillman > > Rockwell Collins > > [log in to unmask] > > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Steve Gregory wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've been asked to post this to the Technet by a dear friend: > > > > > > *We installed this little processor. At test we identified opens on the > > > device. When we removed it we saw a number of pads that were matte gray > > > with no evidence of solder adhered to the pad. * > > > *We attempted to bump the pads with solder, they did not wet easily. In > > > some cases we had to scrape through the matte finish to a shiny metal. > > > But, we did get all the pads to appear wetted.* > > > > > > *We cleaned the site well and then fluxed the bumps with a tacky flux > > ROLO > > > designed for POP, placed the BGA and reflowed it on a rework station.* > > > > > > *The assembly failed test with similar result, opens under the > > processor.* > > > > > > *The attached photo shows that the bump process only appeared to wet > the > > > pads. The condition returned when we removed the BGA second time.* > > > > > > * http://stevezeva.homestead.com/2017-12-21_11.21.17.jpg > > > * > > > > > > *Have you seen this before? Is there any recovery? This assembly is > worth > > > about $45K. * > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > -- > > > Steve Gregory > > > Kimco Design and Manufacturing > > > Process Engineer > > > (208) 322-0500 Ext. -3133 > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended > > > recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, > > proprietary > > > or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, > > > dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the contents of this > > > e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received > > this > > > email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > > > original. > > > > > >