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11-26-2007, 10:28 AM
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| ABXpert  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mpls MN
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| Lead free solder causes whiskers Looks like solder had lead added to stop tin from forming whiskers that cause shorts. This has been known for over 50 years. Looks like all are new toys will go south much sooner than are old toys did. http://www.motor.com/MAGAZINE/Pdf/112007_02.pdf
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11-26-2007, 11:04 AM
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| warranty voider  Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Valdosta, GA
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| Re: Lead free solder causes whiskers Crimping doesn't work everywhere though. You can't stuff to circuit boards for example. They'll rethink this lead free solder problem when aircraft start crashing because of a short... |
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11-26-2007, 11:58 AM
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| ABXpert Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mpls MN
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| Re: Lead free solder causes whiskers Quote:
__________________ C2Q Q6600 @ 3 Ghz*MSI P35 Neo2-FR bios 1.10*4x 2 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 ram*Evga 8800GT SSC *SATA HD's 1 Seagate 320 gig, 1 Samsung 320 gig *LiteOn sohw-1693s*Plextor PX 716a*Teac Floppy*OCZ 700GXSSLI PSU* Rosewill R6AR6-BK case*XP pro sp3 32 bit\Vista Ultimate 64 bit Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. | |
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11-26-2007, 06:51 PM
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| Acid8000 aka. phildee  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney
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| Re: Lead free solder causes whiskers For this reason, when I bought my 7900 GS I was specifically looking for a card that isn't RoHS compliant. Sadly, there were no such cards that I could find.
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