Important Information About Replacing Rohs Compliant Frus - Lenovo ThinkCentre 8700 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs

RoHS, The Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Directive (2002/95/EC) is a European Union legal requirement
affecting the global electronics industry. RoHS requirements must be
implemented on Lenovo products placed on the market after June 2006. Products
on the market before June 2006 are not required to have RoHS compliant parts.
So, if the parts are not compliant originally, replacement parts can also be
noncompliant, but in all cases, if the parts are compliant, the replacement parts
must also be compliant.
Lenovo plans to transition to RoHS compliance well before the implementation
date and expects its suppliers to be ready to support Lenovo's requirements and
schedule. Products sold in 2005, will contain some RoHS compliant FRUs. The
following statement pertains to these products and any product Lenovo produces
containing RoHS compliant parts.
RoHS compliant ThinkCentre parts have unique FRU part numbers. Before or after
June, 2006, failed RoHS compliant parts must always be replaced using RoHS
compliant FRUs, so only the FRUs identified as compliant in the system HMM or
direct substitutions for those FRUs can be used.
Note: A direct substitution is a part with a different FRU part number that is
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Products marketed before June 2006
Current or original Replacement FRU
part
Non-RoHS Can be Non-RoHS
Non-RoHS Can be RoHS
Non-RoHS Can sub to RoHS
RoHS Must be RoHS
automatically shipped by the distribution center at the time of order.
Products marketed after June 2006
Current or original Replacement FRU
part
Must be RoHS Must be RoHS