Before You Begin - Maxtor ATLAS 10K IV User Manual

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Before You Begin

Thank you for your interest in Maxtor hard disk drives. This manual provides technical information for OEM engineers and sys-
tems integrators regarding the installation and use of Maxtor hard drives. Drive repair should be performed only at an authorized
repair center. For repair information, contact the Maxtor Customer Service Center at 800-2MAXTOR or 303-678-2045.
CAUTION: Maxtor hard drives are precision products. Failure to follow these precautions and guidelines outlined here may
lead to product failure, damage and invalidation of all warranties.
1 BEFORE
sonnel and equipment grounding. Stand-alone drives are sensitive to ESD damage.
2
BEFORE removing drives from their packing material, allow them to reach room temperature.
3
During handling, NEVER drop, jar, or bump a drive.
4
Once a drive is removed from the Maxtor shipping container, IMMEDIATELY secure the drive through its mount-
ing holes within a chassis. Otherwise, store the drive on a padded, grounded, antistatic surface.
5
NEVER switch DC power onto the drive by plugging an electrically live DC source cable into the drive's connector.
NEVER connect a live bus to the drive's interface connector.
6
ELECTRICAL GROUNDING - For proper operation, the drive must be securely fastened to a device bay that pro-
vides a suitable electrical ground to the drive baseplate.
Please do not remove or cover up Maxtor factory-installed drive labels. They contain information required should the drive ever
need repair.
unpacking or handling a drive, take all proper electro-static discharge (ESD) precautions, including per-