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Chapter 5
Care and Maintenance
Caring for your LIFEBOOK Notebook
If you use your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook carefully, you will increase its life and reliability. This
section provides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices.
•
T
HE
SYSTEM
CONTAINS
COMPONENTS
THAT
CAN
BE
SEVERELY
DAMAGED
BY
ELECTROSTATIC
DISCHARGE
(ESD).
T
O
MINIMIZE
RISK
TO
THE
COMPONENTS
,
OBSERVE
THE
FOLLOWING
PRECAUTIONS
:
•
B
EFORE
DOCKING
OR
UNDOCKING
YOUR
LIFEBOOK
NOTEBOOK
(
WHEN
USING
A
PORT
REPLICATOR
),
IT
IS
A
GOOD
PRACTICE
TO
ALWAYS
TOUCH
A
GROUNDED
METAL
OBJECT
TO
DISCHARGE
STATIC
ELECTRICITY
BUILT
UP
IN
YOUR
BODY
.
•
B
E
SURE
TO
POWER
DOWN
YOUR
SYSTEM
BEFORE
ADDING
OR
REMOVING
SYSTEM
COMPONENTS
. E
VEN
IF
THE
SYSTEM
IS
IN
HIBERNATE
OR
STANDBY
STATES
,
DATA
COULD
BE
LOST
OR
MEMORY
COULD
BE
DAMAGED
IF
POWER
IS
STILL
AVAILABLE
TO
THE
SYSTEM
.
•
W
HEN
INSTALLING
OR
REMOVING
A
MEMORY
MODULE
,
HOLD
IT
BY
THE
EDGE
SO
AS
NOT
TO
TOUCH
ANY
CONTACTS
OR
CHIPS
. B
E
CAREFUL
NOT
TO
TOUCH
ANY
INTERNAL
TERMINALS
OR
COMPONENTS
;
THE
OIL
FROM
YOUR
FINGERS
COULD
CAUSE
A
SHORT
TO
THE
COMPONENTS
.
•
E
LECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
MAY
BE
HAZARDOUS
IF
MISUSED
. O
PERATIONS
OF
THIS
PRODUCT
OR
SIMILAR
PRODUCTS
,
MUST
ALWAYS
BE
SUPERVISED
BY
AN
ADULT
. D
O
NOT
ALLOW
CHILDREN
ACCESS
TO
THE
INTERIOR
OF
ANY
ELECTRICAL
PRODUCTS
AND
DO
NOT
PERMIT
THEM
TO
HANDLE
ANY
CABLES
.
