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4
Moving Your Workstation
This chapter tells you how to disassemble your workstation and pack it for
moving.
4.1 Dismantling Your Workstation
1. If the workstation software is running, type
shutdown -h now
and press
Return.
2. Turn off any devices connected to your workstation, such as printers,
modems, or external hard disks.
3. Turn off the system unit by pressing the O on the On/Off switch on the
back of the system unit.
4. If necessary, turn off the monitor.
• If the monitor gets its power through the system unit, it will go off
when you turn off the system unit.
• If the monitor is plugged into a wall outlet, press the O on the On/Off
switch.
5. Unplug all power cords from their power sources.
6. Disconnect all external devices, including the monitor and the keyboard,
from the system unit. If two or more disk drives or other devices are
chained together, disconnect them from each other.
7. If the SCSI connector on the back of the system unit contains a terminator,
remove the terminator.
8. Disconnect the mouse from the keyboard.
9. If you are on a network, disconnect the Ethernet cable from the system
unit. Otherwise, remove the loopback connector.
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