Guidelines For Unpacking; Esd Precautions - Motorola MVME2300SC Series Installation And Use Manual

Hardware Preparation and Installation
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Guidelines for Unpacking

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Caution

ESD Precautions

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If the shipping carton is damaged upon receipt, request that the
Note
carrier's agent be present during the unpacking and inspection of
the equipment.
Unpack the equipment from the shipping carton. Refer to the packing list
and verify that all items are present. Save the packing material for storing
and reshipping of equipment.
Avoid touching areas of integrated circuitry; static discharge can damage
circuits.
This section applies to all hardware installations you may perform that
involve the MVME2300SC board.
Motorola strongly recommends the use of an antistatic wrist strap and a
conductive foam pad when you install or upgrade the board. Electronic
components can be extremely sensitive to ESD. After removing the board
from the chassis or from its protective wrapper, place the board flat on a
grounded, static-free surface, component side up. Do not slide the board
over any surface.
If no ESD station is available, you can avoid damage resulting from ESD
by wearing an antistatic wrist strap (available at electronics stores). Place
the strap around your wrist and attach the grounding end (usually a piece
of copper foil or an alligator clip) to an electrical ground. An electrical
ground can be a piece of metal that literally runs into the ground (such as
an unpainted metal pipe) or a metal part of a grounded electrical appliance.
An appliance is grounded if it has a three-prong plug and is plugged into a
three-prong grounded outlet. You cannot use the chassis in which you are
installing the MVME2300SC itself as a ground, because the enclosure is
unplugged while you work on it.
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