Spectrum Brands MI.61XX manual Hardware Installation, System Requirements

Hardware Installation System Requirements

Hardware Installation

System Requirements

All Spectrum MI.xxxx instrumentation boards are compliant to the PCI standard and require in general one free full length slot. Depending on the installed options additional free slots can be necessary.

Warnings

ESD Precautions

The boards of the MI.xxxx series contain electronic components that can be damaged by electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Before installing the board in your system or even before touching it, it is absolutely necessary to bleed of any electrostatic electricity.

Cooling Precautions

The boards of the MI.xxxx series operate with components having very high power consumption at high speeds. For this reason it is absolutely required to cool this board sufficiently. It is strongly recommended to install an additional cooling fan producing a stream of air across the boards surface. In most cases professional PC-systems are already equipped with sufficient cooling power. In that case please make sure that the air stream is not blocked.

During longer pauses between the single measurements the power down mode should be called to reduce the heat production.

Sources of noise

The boards of the MI.xxxx series should be placed far away from any noise producing source (like e.g. the power supply). It should especially be avoided to place the board in the slot directly adjacent to another fast board (like the graphics controller).

Installing the board in the system

Installing a single board without any options

Before installing the board you first need to unscrew and remove the dedicated blind-bracket usually mounted to cover unused slots of your PC. Please keep the screw in reach to fasten your Spectrum board afterwards. All Spectrum boards require a full length PCI slot with a track at the backside to guide the board by it’s retainer. Now insert the board slowly into your computer. This is done best with one hand each at both fronts of the board.

While inserting the board take care not to tilt the retainer in the track.

Please be very carefully when inserting the board in the PCI slot, as most of the mainboards are mounted with spacers and therefore might be damaged if they are exposed to high preasure.

After the board’s insertion fasten the screw of the bracket carefully, without overdoing.

(c) Spectrum GmbH 13