In a message dated 1/11/99 4:50:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Can anyone refer me to a company that provides X-ray services in Northern California region(Silicon Valley)? >> Hello Tom! Not too long ago (less than 2-months) we took some boards that we had just placed our first micro-BGA's on over to get their pictures taken at the Fein Focus office here in San Jose (at 1445 Koll Circle, Suite 107, San Jose 95112 PH: (408) 436-0838). We had 3 boards and they video taped the x-ray as they were doing it, labeled the tape with the part number of the assembly, and I imagine if the boards had a serial number they would've put that there too. They charged us $125 for all 3-boards and the video tape...not too bad compared to what a few testing labs that had x-ray capability quoted when I called them. I.E.: Solution Sources wanted a "minimum lot charge" of $750, and a few other places were around $300 for the 3-boards, or close to that. Plus, I tend to like what I see with the Fein Focus machine images... don't have to be an expert x-ray technician in order to interpret what you're seeing, and the way the head rotates around the board gives you a pretty clear image of what's going on instead of having to decipher all the different shades of gray to figure out what's happened... -Steve Gregory- ################################################################ 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 ################################################################