ESD Precautions
Integrated circuits on computer boards are sensitive to static electricity. To
avoid damaging chips from electrostatic discharge, observe the following
precautions:
• Do not remove boards or integrated circuits from their anti-static
packaging until you are ready to install them.
• Before handling a board or integrated circuit, touch an unpainted
portion of the system unit chassis for a few seconds. This helps to
discharge any static electricity on your body.
• Wear a wrist-grounding strap, available from most electronic component
stores, when handling boards and components.
Trademarks Acknowledgments
Acnodes Corp is a trademark of Acnodes Co., Ltd.
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.
MS-DOS, Microsoft C and QuickBasic are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation.
TURBO C is a trademark of Borland Inc. BASIC is
a trademark of Dartmouth College. Intel is a
trademark of Intel Corporation.
Other brand names and trademarks are the properties
and registered brands of their respective owners.
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