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FLEX 4-1570/ideapad FLEX 4-1580 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. If the original FRU parts are non-compliant,
replacement parts can also be non-compliant. In all cases if the original
FRU parts are RoHS compliant, the replacement part must also be RoHS
compliant.
Note:RoHSandnon-RoHSFRUpartnumberswiththesametandfunction
areidentiedwithuniqueFRUpartnumbers.
Lenovoplans totransit toRoHScompliancewellbefore theimplementation
dateandexpectsits supplierstobereadytosupportLenovo’srequirements
andscheduleintheEU.Productssoldin2005and2006will containsome
RoHScompliantFRUs.Thefollowingstatementpertainstotheseproductsand
anyproductLenovoproducescontainingRoHScompliantFRUs.
RoHScompliant FRUshaveuniqueFRUpartnumbers.Before orafterthe
RoHSimplementationdate,failedRoHScompliantpartsmustalwaysbe
replacedwithRoHScompliantones,soonlytheFRUsidentiedascompliant
inthesystemHMMordirectsubstitutionsforthoseFRUsmaybeused.
Products marketed before June 2006 Products marketed after June 2006
Current or
original part
Replacement FRU Current or
original part
Replacement FRU
Non-RoHS CanbeNon-RoHS
MustbeRoHS MustbeRoHS
Non-RoHS CanbeRoHS
Non-RoHS CansubtoRoHS
RoHS MustbeRoHS
Note:A directsubstitutionisapartwithadifferentFRU partnumber thatis
automaticallyshippedbythedistributioncenteratthetimeoftheorder.