Static Electric Discharge Precautions - Abit PR5 User Manual

Static Electric Discharge Precautions

Static electric discharge can deliver a high-voltage shock
to the mainboard sufficient to damage or destroy com-
ponents on the board. Because of this, it is important to
observe precautions when you handle the mainboard and
any devices you install on it, including the CPU, memory
modules and expansion cards.
There are several simple precautions you can take:
• Use an anti-static wrist strap, which can be pur-
chased inexpensively from most computer stores.
Connect the strap lead to a grounded metallic ob-
ject and put on the strap before touching any com-
ponents.
• Put components on an anti-static pad or keep them
in their anti-static packaging until you install them.
• If you don' t have a wrist strap or pad, make sure
to touch a metallic object such as the system case
to ground yourself before handling any compo-
nents.
PR5 Mainboard Layout Key
1. ISA Bus Expansion Slots
2. PCI Bus Expansion Slots
3. USB Port Connector
4. Floppy Disk Drive Controller Connector
5. IDE Controller Connectors IDE1 (left) & IDE2 (right)
6. PS/2 Mouse (left) & Keyboard (right) Connectors
7. Power Input Connectors
8. COM1 (left) & COM2 (right) Serial, LPT Parallel Port Connectors
9. SIMM Memory module sockets 1 – 4 (left to right)
10. DIMM Memory module sockets 1 & 2 (left to right)
11. DS DIP switches
12. CMOS Battery
13. VC DIP switches
14. Flash BIOS Chip
15. COAST PB SRAM cache module socket
16. Heat Sinks