Well, I guess we found the answer ourselves, the power of the "net" There are two categories. RoHS-6 complies with the restriction of all of the six listed substances. RoHS-5 compliance is for customers who wish to exercise the lead-solder exemption, as defined in the RoHS directive: ".for servers, storage and storage array systems, network infrastructure equipment for switching, signaling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunications." Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Parsons Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] RoHS R5? Sure is quiet around here these days! Is everyone enjoying the show? Does anyone know the meaning and or significance of "R5" in reference to RoHS? Regards John Parsons --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------