Aavid Thermalloy LLC

80 Commercial St.

Concord, NH 03301

Aavid Thermalloy

PCN# 017809-042612

Product Change Notification

PCN Publish Date:

October 19, 2005

PCN #: 017809-042612

Change Title: Product Process Change

Products Affected:

Description of the Change: : In an effort to make our product line more compatible with

regulatory and environmental guidelines, we are changing the volume manufacturing process for

the above products to make them RoHS compliant with Aavid Thermalloy specification RoHS

9000. (Available at http://www.aavidthermalloy.com/RoHS.shtml ).

The current version of this product uses a non-RoHS compliant thermal interface material.

Aavid has substituted an RoHS compliant material from the same vendor with equivalent thermal

properties. Product being built using this new material is identified with a "G" suffix at the end of

the part# as show above in Products Affected.

Scheduling of Change:

Sample Date: Samples are available now for customer testing.

Volume Production: Volume production will be available November 18, 2005.

New orders should be placed for the “G” suffix product. Please adjust your current orders

so that they can be filled accordingly depending upon stock and availability.

EOL of unchanged Product: Once manufacturing has been converted to the RoHS

compliant material, it may still be possible to manufacture products with non-compliant

materials. However, products manufactured with non-compliant may require a pricing

adjustment due to the cost increases associated with lower volume manufacturing.

Customer Impact: This new thermal interface material exhibits the same thermal characteristics,

which should result in equivalent performance of the heatsink.

Qualification Results: For an Aavid Thermalloy solderability qualification report visit our RoHS

website. http://www.aavidthermalloy.com/RoHS.shtml

Current Aavid Part Number

335824B00032

New RoHS Compliant Part Number

335824B00032G