Personal grounding methods and equipment ..................................................................................
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Grounding the work area ..................................................................................................................
Recommended materials and equipment ........................................................................................
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Operating guidelines ...........................................................................................................................................
Routine care .........................................................................................................................................................
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General cleaning safety precautions ................................................................................................
Cleaning the Computer Case .............................................................................................................
Cleaning the keyboard ......................................................................................................................
Cleaning the monitor .........................................................................................................................
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Cleaning the mouse ...........................................................................................................................
Service considerations ........................................................................................................................................
Power supply fan ...............................................................................................................................
Tools and software Requirements ...................................................................................................
Screws ...............................................................................................................................................
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Cables and connectors ......................................................................................................................
Hard Drives ........................................................................................................................................
Lithium coin cell battery ...................................................................................................................
SATA hard drives ..................................................................................................................................................
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SATA hard drive cables ........................................................................................................................................
SATA data cable .................................................................................................................................
SMART ATA drives ................................................................................................................................................
Cable management ..............................................................................................................................................
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4 Removal and replacement procedures – Microtower (MT) chassis ....................................................................
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Preparation for disassembly ...............................................................................................................................
Access panel ........................................................................................................................................................
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Front bezel ...........................................................................................................................................................
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Optical drive bezel blank .....................................................................................................................................
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Battery .................................................................................................................................................................
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Memory ................................................................................................................................................................
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DIMMs ................................................................................................................................................
DDR3-SDRAM DIMMs .........................................................................................................................
Populating DIMM sockets ..................................................................................................................
Installing DIMMs ................................................................................................................................
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Expansion cards ...................................................................................................................................................
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Drives ...................................................................................................................................................................
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Drive positions ...................................................................................................................................
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Removing a slim optical drive ...........................................................................................................
Installing a slim optical drive ............................................................................................................
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Removing a hard drive ......................................................................................................................
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Installing a hard drive .......................................................................................................................
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