SUPER MICRO Computer sc827 Appendix D SAS-827B Backplane Specifications, ESD Safety Guidelines

Appendix D: SAS-827B Backplane Specifications

Appendix D

SAS-827B Backplane Specifications

To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.

D-1 ESD Safety Guidelines

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com­ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.

•Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.

•Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag.

•Handle the backplane by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

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When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.

D-2 General Safety Guidelines

•Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer, including the SAS-827B backplane.

•Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the SAS-827B backplane.

•Make sure that the SAS-827B backplane is securely and properly installed on the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.

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