IBM 704 manual Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

10 Attention:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage hard disk drives, printed circuit boards, memory modules, and other server components. When you handle these static-sensitive components, observe the following precautions to avoid component damage:

a. When you handle static-sensitive components, work at an ESD protected workstation. If an ESD protected workstation is not available, wear a static-protective wrist strap attached to any unpainted metal surface on your server.

b. Handle static-sensitive components only by their edges. Never touch any exposed circuitry. After you remove them from their static-protective wrappers or from the server, place them component-side up on a grounded, static-free surface.

c. Limit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up around you.

d. When you are installing a new option, touch the static-protective package containing the option to a metal expansion-slot screw or other unpainted metal surface on the server for at least 2 seconds. This reduces static electricity from the package and from your body.

Do not open the static-protective package that contains the option until you are instructed to do so. Whenever possible, remove the option from its static-protective wrapper; then, install the option directly into the server without setting the option down.

e. Do not slide a static-sensitive option over any surface or set the option down on a metal surface.

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