Drive Grounding; Figure 4 Drive Grounding Side Mounting For 1-Disk And 2-Disk Models); Figure 5 Drive Grounding Bottom Mounting For 1-Disk And 2-Disk Models - Seagate ST1500LM012 Product Manual

3.3

Drive Grounding

Care should be taken when mounting the drive in a system chassis. The drive should be mounted using four screws in the side
mounting holes (positions A, B, C,
) grounded to the system chassis. At least one mounting screw is required for proper grounding. See
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using four screws in the side mounting holes and
sidewall surfaces A1, A2, A3 (cross-hatched green shaded areas as in
should not be used for system grounding purposes.

Figure 4 Drive Grounding Side Mounting for 1-disk and 2-disk models)

The green highlighted area (PCBA as in
the drive. Contact must be limited to side mounting holes (positions
holes (positions 1, 2, 3, and

Figure 5 Drive Grounding Bottom Mounting for 1-disk and 2-disk models

Notes:
• Side Mounting - Use four metal screws in
• Bottom Mounting - Use four metal screws in
• Do NOT use sides A1, A2 or A3 for grounding purposes.
• If less than four screws are used, at least one mounting screw is required for proper grounding.
Seagate Mobile HDD Product Manual, Rev. A
and D as in and
Figure 4
Figure 5
) should never make contact with the system chassis to prevent electrical shorting of
Figure 5
4 as in ).
Figure 5
positions
A, B, C,
positions
) or bottom mounting holes (positions
Figure 5
for drive grounding using four screws in the bottom mounting holes. The
) and the green highlighted area (as labeled in
Figure 4
A, B, C, and D as in
and D.
1, 2, 3, and 4.
Configuring and Mounting
1, 2, 3, and
for drive grounding
Figure 4
and ) or bottom mounting
Figure 4 Figure 5
4 as in
Figure
)
Figure 5
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