PCBs, Moisture(?), Capacitance and Temperature

We got a batch of boards built and two of them show a curious tendency(consitent) to shut down the crystal oscillator at -20 C. We also notice that the capacitance of the xtal caps changes more on the "bad" PCBs at -20C than the "good" boards.

  1. Moisture in PCB Layers that didn't get baked out?
  2. Uncured epoxy betweem layers?
  3. Residual flux?

#3 I could address with vapor degreasing or other cleaning. #1 and 2 would mean baking at 100C or so which I guess is ok to see if it has an effect.

Any thoughts, insights or expereinces as always are welcome.

Ed V.

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