Changing Your Workstation’s Hardware Configuration

Preparing Your Workstation

Preparing Your Workstation

This section describes how to prepare your workstation for changing its con- figuration. Use the following procedure to prepare your workstation:

1Power off your workstation by pressing the power button on the front panel.

When you press the power button, the workstation automatically shuts down the operating system before it powers off the system.

2When the workstation has completed shutting down and powering off, power off the monitor, and any peripheral devices connected to the workstation.

3Unplug the power cord of the system unit, the monitor, and any peripheral devic- es from ac wall outlets.

4Unplug the power cord from the back of the system unit.

5Remove the floor stand from the system unit, as shown in Figure 20.

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