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SSPARC/CPU-5CE Installation Guide
1. Introduction
This Installation Guide provides instructions for powering up the SPARC CPU-5CE board.
The Installation Guide, which you have in your hand now, appears both as Section 2 of the
SPARC CPU-5CE Technical Reference Manual and as a stand-alone Installation Guide. This
stand-alone Installation Guide is delivered by FORCE COMPUTERS with every board.
1.1 Caution
To ensure proper functioning of the product over its usual lifetime, take the following precau-
tions before handling the board.
Electrostatic discharge and incorrect board installation and uninstallation can damage circuits
or shorten their lifetime.
• Before installing or uninstalling the board, read this Installation section.
• Before installing or uninstalling the board in a VME rack:
– Check all installed boards for steps that you have to take before turning off the power.
– Take those steps.
– Finally turn off the power.
• Before touching integrated circuits, ensure that you are working in an electrostatic free
environment.
• Ensure that the board is connected to the VMEbus via both connectors, the P1 and the P2
and that power is available on both.
• When operating the board in areas of strong electro-magnetic radiation, ensure that the
board
– is bolted on the VME rack
– and shielded by closed housing.
Read the following safety note before
handling the board.