IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Handling Static-Sensitive Devices

Attention: Adapters, planars, diskette drives, and disk drives are sensitive to stat electricity discharge. These devices are wrapped in antistatic bags, as shown illustration, to prevent this damage.

Take the following precautions:

Ÿ If you have an antistatic wrist strap available, use it while handling the d

ŸDo not remove the device from the antistatic bag until you are ready to ins

device in the system unit.

Ÿ

With

the

device

still

in

its

antistatic

bag,

touch

it

to

a

metal frame

of t

Ÿ

Grasp

cards

and boards by the edges.

Hold

drives

by the

frame.

Avoid

touc

the

solder

joints

or

pins.

Ÿ

If

you

need to

lay

the

device down

while

it

is

out

of

the antistatic

bag

the antistatic bag. Before picking it

up

again,

touch

the

antistatic

bag

and

metal

frame

of the system unit at the

same

time.

Ÿ

Handle

the

devices carefully

in order

to

prevent

permanent

damage.

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