Preparing For Installation; Make Sure Your Computer Is Ready; Take Antistatic Precautions - Intergraph Intense 3D Pro 1000 Installation Manual

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Preparing for Installation

Follow these instructions to prepare your computer for Intense 3D Pro.

Make Sure Your Computer Is Ready

Make sure your IBM PC-compatible computer has the following:
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A Pentium or Pentium Pro processor.
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A high-resolution multi-sync analog RGB monitor.
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Windows NT 3.51 or Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
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On a computer running Windows NT 3.51, Service Pack 4
software installed. You can get this software from Microsoft's
World Wide Web site, www.microsoft.com.
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A BIOS that supports PCI-to-PCI bridges.
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3 MB of free space on the computer's hard disk.
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Open PCI expansion slots that support PCI bus mastering, one for
each board you want to install.
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A power supply that provides +3.3V to the PCI bus.

Take Antistatic Precautions

Static electricity can damage the components inside a computer or on
a printed circuit board. To keep the possibility of electrostatic
discharge to a minimum, do the following:
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Turn off power to the computer.
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Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static
electricity before touching a board.
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Wear a properly connected grounding wrist strap when handling a
board or working in a computer.
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Do not wear wool or polyester.
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Work in an area with a relative humidity of at least 50 percent.
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Do not remove a board from its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it.
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Handle a board as little as possible and by the edges only.
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