Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 16 17:46:49 EDT 2006 | Dan
Recently I was given a bad Bios Link from Toshiba which fried my Bios and now my laptop boots to a black screen. I recently unsoldered and removed the existing Bios chip and have ordered anotherfor replacement. Unfortunately while removing, i damag
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 17:22:51 EDT 2007 | naynayno
We have been producing an IMS assembly with SMT dpak's for some time. However, we recently encountered a new problem by chance - the parts can be flicked off with a finger nail. I state by chance because the solder joints are wetted and shiny with
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 26 12:16:44 EDT 2012 | bwjm
Hi Guys,recently i am facing an issue. Refer to the attached photo. This PCB is high RF speed, gold immersion single layer. After reflow, my solder seems to have black stains on it. I tried with SAC305 paste water soluble and no-clean, both results a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 30 03:14:34 EDT 2016 | andrzej
Looks like "black pad" issue. More about this here: http://www.ipc.org/feature-article.aspx?aid=Black-pad Definitly PCB supplier need to improve the process.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 09:52:38 EDT 2007 | d0min0
Hi, in past we had an issue with ENIG surface, black was Ni that get pass the Au - but it was discovered after reflow (SnPb) and the IC was losing contact with Cu tracks...at customers application :| Reason was as I remember too thin Au sufrace... w
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 09:42:46 EST 2003 | genny
The issue is on the web. The current issue is February, so check for past issues at http://www.circuitsassembly.com/
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 24 22:11:36 EDT 2016 | davef
I'd guess that "black pad" is not the issue that you need to address, because only 2 of your 5 test points has the problem that we seem to be discussing. I'd expect "black pad" problems to be more wide spread. Something is going on at those two locat
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 22 22:40:52 EDT 2016 | twhoo
analysis report is as attached. Pls let me know what you think of the root cause of this issue? Can i conclude this is a black pad at thru hole ring with a root cause of contaminated gold
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 02 15:03:37 EDT 2016 | davef
On a previous black pad experience we soldered a wire to a fiducial and did a pull test to failure. On the black pad board the wire and solder pulled of clean leaving the fiducial on the board. On good boards the copper came off with the wire. If you
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 27 11:01:58 EDT 2016 | mufflerbearings
From the pic, it looks like you have a bad board; ENIG process issue. It used to be called black pad for SMT but I'm sure it's the same condition for T/H. Any good electronic lab should be able to id the black stuff. I would also send raw boards bac
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