Preface; Electrostatic Discharge Protection - Seagate ST373455LC - Cheetah 73.4 GB Hard Drive Installation Manual

Barracuda 18LP Installation Guide, Rev. B

Preface

This manual contains information for users of the Seagate®
Barracuda 18LP SCSI disc drives. It provides support services,
performance specifications, and initial setup information. Addi-
tional information is available in the Barracuda 18LP Product
Manual (part number 77767526). Contact your Seagate sales
representative if you need to order this publication.
Note. If any differences exist between specification values in
this guide and the product manual, the product manual
values are the authoritative values.

Electrostatic discharge protection

Caution. Removal of circuit boards by personnel not perform-
ing depot repair will damage components and may
void the warranty.
All drive electronic assemblies are sensitive to static electricity,
due to the electrostatically sensitive devices used within the
drive circuitry. Although some devices such as metal-oxide semi-
conductors are extremely sensitive, all semiconductors, as well
as some resistors and capacitors, may be damaged or degraded
by exposure to static electricity.
Electrostatic damage to electronic devices may be caused by the
direct discharge of a charged conductor or by exposure to the
static fields surrounding charged objects. To avoid damaging
drive electronic assemblies, observe the following precautions
when installing or servicing the drive:
• Ground yourself to the drive whenever the drive electronics
are or will be exposed. Connect yourself to ground with a wrist
strap (Seagate part number 12263496). Connection may be
made to any grounded metal assembly. As a general rule,
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