Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

4.3Preventing Damage to Removable Drives

Removable drives are fragile components that must be handled with care. To prevent damage to the notebook, damage to a removable drive, or loss of information, observe the following precautions:

■Before removing or inserting a hard drive, shut down the notebook. If you are unsure whether the notebook is off or in Hibernation, turn the notebook on, then shut it down.

■Before removing a diskette drive or optical drive, ensure that a diskette or disc is not in the drive. Ensure that the optical drive tray is closed.

■Before handling a drive, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity. While handling a drive, avoid touching the connector.

■Handle drives on surfaces that have at least one inch of shock-proof foam.

■Avoid dropping drives from any height onto any surface.

■After removing a hard drive, a CD-ROM drive, or a diskette drive, place it in a static-proof bag.

■Avoid exposing a hard drive to products that have magnetic fields, such as monitors or speakers.

■Avoid exposing a drive to temperature extremes or liquids.

■If a drive must be mailed, place the drive in a bubble pack mailer or other suitable form of protective packaging and label the package “Fragile: Handle With Care.”

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nc6000, 335167-003 specifications

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