Maxtor is committed to providing RoHS compliant versions of disk drive products to meet our customers’ needs and certifies that to its knowledge Maxtor Atlas 10K V and Atlas 15K II drives, listed below, are RoHS compliant, conforming to the requirements of "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment."

Maxtor is committed to providing RoHS compliant versions of disk drive products to meet our customers’ needs and certifies that to its knowledge Maxtor DiamondMax 10 ATA drives, listed below, are RoHS compliant, conforming to the requirements of "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment."

Maxtor DiamondMax 11 ATA Hard Drives

Maxtor is committed to providing RoHS compliant versions of disk drive products to meet our customers’ needs and certifies that to its knowledge Maxtor DiamondMax 11 ATA drives, listed below, are RoHS compliant, conforming to the requirements of "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment."

Maxtor MaXLine III and MaXLine Pro 500 Hard Drives

Maxtor is committed to providing RoHS compliant versions of disk drive products to meet our customers’ needs and certifies that to its knowledge Maxtor MaXLine III and MaXLine Pro 500 drives, listed below, are RoHS compliant, conforming to the requirements of "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment."

Important information:

Maxtor bases its knowledge and belief of RoHS compliance on information provided by third parties, and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of such information beyond that implied or expressed in (1) various legal and technical opinions on the likely interpretation of EU legislation, and (2) supplier material declarations. Maxtor continues to take steps to provide accurate information but may not have conducted destructive testing on homogeneous materials.

All new hard drives launched in 2005 will be RoHS compliant and RoHS compliant versions of some existing products will become available during 2005. RoHS compliant drives are equivalent in specifications and performance to the current, non-RoHS compliant version of the products.