Supermicro 7034A-T, User Manual

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Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
6-1
Chapter 6
Advanced Chassis Setup
This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform simple
maintenance on the SC733T-645/SC733i-645 chassis. Following the component
installation steps in the order given will eliminate most common problems. If
some steps are unnecessary, skip ahead to the next step.
Tools Required
The only tool you will need is a Philips screwdriver.
6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices
Static electrical discharge can damage electronic components. To prevent dam-
age to any printed circuit boards (PCBs), it is important to handle them very
carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equip-
ment from static discharge.
Precautions
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic
bag.
• Handle a board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the serverboard, add-on cards and peripherals back into their antistatic
bags when not in use.
• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent
conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and
the serverboard.
Unpacking
The serverboard is shipped in antistatic packaging. When unpacking the board,
make sure the person handling it is static protected.