check the warping of the BGA PWB carrier pre and post reflow.... as the PWB warps, it may be pushing the solder...another check point may be your stencil design/process.... Marcelo -----Original Message----- From: Poh Kong Hui [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 10:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] BGA short Hi Technetters, I am facing a weird problem. One of the board that we make, is having short underneath the BGA. However, every single short is always at one of the 4 corners of the BGA. Is there anyone facing such an issue ? Could someone advise me how to solve. Poh ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################