Transporting a CPU Chip

[nevica]

Hello,

I am sending a SandyBridge chip through the post. I wondered what is the best way to package this in terms of ESD etc.

Thanks,

Nevica

 

[molletts]

Assuming you don't have the original packaging, I'd pop it in an antistatic bag then pack it in a box with foam (the soft spongey type often used for hard drive packaging) around it.

Intel BGA-type chips are so much easier to ship than AMD PGA ones, which have easily-bent pins and really need to be plugged into high-density antistatic foam to protect them.