Do the K3 PC boards use lead free solder?
I have just read the rather disturbing article in last Thursday's
Guardian newspaper that highlights a potential problem with whiskers
developing on the solder as well as the solder being more brittle and
likely to fail if the boards are flexed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering
There are evidently conferences currently being held to discuss the
problem to which Sun Microsystems and IBM are involved. This is worrying
reading and makes me wonder how long it will be before my K3 will fail.
73
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David G4DMP
Leeds, England, UK
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