General Safety Guidelines; Esd Safety Guidelines - American Megatrends StorTrends 3100 User Manual

General Safety Guidelines

Follow these rules to ensure general safety:
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Keep the area around the StorTrends 3100 chassis clean and free of clutter.
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To avoid injuries to the back, be sure to use your leg muscles, keep your back
straight, and bend your knees, when lifting the system.
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Avoid wearing loose clothing to preventing it from coming into contact with
electrical circuits or being pulled into a cooling fan.
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After removing the components or chassis covers from the system, place them on
a table for safeguard.
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Be sure to remove any jewelry or metal objects before working on the chassis to
avoid short circuits should these objects come into contact with power circuits.
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After accessing the interior of the chassis, be sure to close the chassis with
chassis covers and secure the chassis to the racks with screws.

ESD Safety Guidelines

Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components.
To prevent damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully.
The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
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Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
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Keep all components and printed circuit boards (PCBs) in their antistatic bags
until ready for use.
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Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic
bag.
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Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing, which may
retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap.
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Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic
bag.
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Handle a board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips,
memory modules or contacts.
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When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
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Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in
use.
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For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent
conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and the
motherboard.
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