Installing or Replacing Parts and Accessories
removal and replacement prerequisites
Before you remove or replace parts, you must:
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Read the power and EMI warning and note below. (Your safety is important!)
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Gather your tools.
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Follow electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions.
read the power and EMI warning and note
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WARNING: For the installation and removal procedures in this chapter, you must:
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power off the workstation, and
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unplug the workstation power cord from the AC power outlet.
NOTE: To maintain FCC Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) compliance, verify that all covers
are replaced and that all screws are properly seated.
gather your tools
You need:
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Flat blade screwdriver
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T-15 Torx driver
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Special processor tool (provided with replacement CPU)
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Static-free mat
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Static strap
follow electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions
To prevent damage to this system, observe all of the following ESD precautions while
performing the system parts removal/replacement procedures:
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Work on a static-free mat.
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Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from
your body to ground.
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Create a common ground for the equipment you are working on by connecting the static-free
mat, static strap and peripheral units to that piece of equipment.
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Keep uninstalled printed circuit boards in their protective antistatic bags.
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Handle printed circuit boards by their edges, once you have removed them from their
protective antistatic bags.
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