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Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
Chapter 1
Safety Guidelines
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent damage
to your system, it is important to handle the backplane very carefully. The following
measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
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Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
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Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic
bag.
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Handle the power board the edges only; do not touch the components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
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When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
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Put the power board and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not
in use.
1-2 General Safety Guidelines
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Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer, including the backplane.
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Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the
backplane.
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Make sure that the backplane is securely and properly installed on the mother-
board to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
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