Product Installation; Introduction; Handling Guidelines; Protection From Mechanical Shock - HP C2488A Technical Reference Manual

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Product Installation
Introduction
This chapter provides information for the mechanical and electrical installation of the disk
drive.
Handling Guidelines
The purpose of a correct installation is to provide an optimum environment for the disk drive.
Continually subjecting the disk drive to the extremes of the environmental specifications
results in stress on the product and can result in early failure or less reliable operation. All
possible combinations of stresses have not been tested and the results of simultaneously
applying worst case extremes of several environment parameters are unpredictable.
Protection From Mechanical Shock
Before installation, the disk drive is susceptible to damage from excessive shock and vibration
during shipping and handling.
Caution
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Always handle the disk drive carefully to reduce the danger of losing control
and setting it down too hard or dropping it.
Always place the drive top side up on a fiat surface when it is unmounted.
Always install a grounded cushioning pad on hard surfaces such as tables and
storage racks used for handling and storing disk drives.
Never stack drives on top of each other.
Protection from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
The electronic components in these products can be permanently destroyed or . suffer latent
(hidden) damage by the currents generated from the normal static electricity that resides on
hands and table surfaces.
Caution
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Never handle the drive outside its anti-static bag unless the surrounding
surfaces and the operator are grounded and the outside of the anti-static bag
is first discharged to the surroundings.
Always put the drive inside the anti-static bag or other approved container
before it is handled by a non-grounded person, before moving it away from a
grounded (ESD safe) work area, and before it is to be stored.
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