There's been past discussions on the point that a collection of EMC compliant bits do not (necessarily) make for a compliant system. There's even guidelines on the fact that if you add a board (EMC CE-marked or not) to a compliant PC, you should still test the PC+board for continued compliance.
Question (Ignoring any OEMs end-responsibility): If I buy a PC "package" from, say, Dell or HP or Opus, where the "package" is a PC plus an installed Ethernet card plus a "Soundblaster" card, and maybe a printer with its cable:- Can I expect the EMC CE-mark to refer to the "package" and not to each of the "bits". In other words, can I expect (or even demand that) the suppliers (such as Dell, HP, etc) will be testing their "packages" (or sample "worst case" representatives of these)? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Hudson EMC/EW Specialist Marconi Simulation (Scotland, UK) email1 [email protected] email2 [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------
