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CAUTION: Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your computer and working environment from potential damage.
General
•Do not attempt to service the computer yourself unless you are a trained service technician. Always follow installation instructions closely.
•To help prevent electric shock, plug the computer and device power cables into properly grounded electrical outlets. These cables are equipped with
•To help avoid the potential hazard of electric shock, do not use your computer during an electrical storm.
•To help avoid the potential hazard of electric shock, do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform maintenance or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
•If your computer includes a modem, the cable used with the modem should be manufactured with a minimum wire size of 26 American wire gauge (AWG) and an
•Before you clean your computer, disconnect the computer from the electrical outlet. Clean your computer with a soft cloth dampened with water. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners, which may contain flammable substances.
•To help avoid possible damage to the system board, wait 5 seconds after turning off the computer before disconnecting a device from the computer.
•To avoid shorting out your computer when disconnecting a network cable, first unplug the cable from the network adapter on the back of your computer, and then from the network jack. When reconnecting a network cable to your computer, first plug the cable into the network jack, and then into the network adapter.
•To help protect your computer from sudden, transient increases and decreases in electrical power, use a surge suppressor, line conditioner, or uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
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