I agree with all thats been said...including the counterfit parts. Unless you send some back to the factory...and thats an option....you might never know if they were real ON parts. Russell McMahon wrote: > We have a small batch of ON Semi ICs failing in an > unusually > short field deployment time and I'm wondering if anyone > has > encountered general or specific issues with ON's parts. > They > of course have nothing to say about it. Examples of the general situation (almost) always help. Sometimes people may spot an inobvious fault cause if you are free to divulge enough information. ON Semi are usually regarded as a quality supplier. Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist