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Electro-Static Sensitive Devices
Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To
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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.
Precautions
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent electro-static build up.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti-static
bag to discharge any electro-static build up.
• Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their anti-static bags when not in
use.
• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent
conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and
the motherboard.
• Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery. Do not install the onboard
battery upside down to avoid possible explosion.
Unpacking
The motherboard is shipped in anti-static packaging to avoid ESD damage. When
unpacking the board, make sure the person handling it is ESD protected.
Note: Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU
onto the motherboard. All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different
types of chassis. Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both
motherboard and chassis match and the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in
tightly. Use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard.
Caution: 1. Please do not use a force greater than 8 lb/inch on each mounting
screw during motherboard installation. 2. Some components are very close to the
mounting holes. Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage to these
components when installing the motherboard to the chassis.
Chapter 2
Installation
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Chapter 2: Installation
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