Removing the Cover

Follow these steps to remove your computer’s cover:

1.Turn off the computer and any peripheral devices.

2.Disconnect the computer’s power cable from the electrical outlet and from the back panel. Also disconnect any cables that are connected to the computer, including the keyboard cable.

3.Remove the cover. (If you need instructions, see your computer manual.)

4.Before you touch any of the components, touch an unpainted metal surface inside the computer’s case to ground yourself and avoid an electric shock.

Q Warning

Be sure to ground yourself to an unpainted metal surface in the computer every time you remove the cover. If you are not properly grounded, you could generate an electric shock which could damage a component.

If you are installing an Adaptec SCSI adapter card, skip the section on checking jumper setting.

Checking the Jumper Setting

One of the jumpers on your Epson bidirectional parallel adapter card identifies the port address for your bidirectional parallel port. Follow these steps to unpack the option card and check the jumper setting:

1.Unpack the option card. When you handle it, be careful not to touch any of the components on the circuit board or the gold-edged connector.

Installing the interface Card 1-3