Rolf If you have copy of SMI proceedings San Jose Sept 10-12, 1996, papers by Y. Zhang (Page 641) and by P. Hinton (page 806) give some good references to tin whiskers. If the proceedings ar unavailable send me an E-mail and I will FAX you the reference pages. >From your brief description it does not appear that you have tin whisker problem, but since tin whiskers are a strange condition, it should not be disregarded. If you need further information or or a copy of a few of the papers that I have in my possession, let me know. Phil Hinton [log in to unmask] 520-745-1013 *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************