Advantech DNS-3200 User Manual page 13

ESD Safety Guidelines
Warning!: Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage elec-
tronic 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.
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Keep all components and printed circuit boards (PCBs) in their anti-
static bags until ready for use.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the
antistatic bag.
• 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.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the
antistatic bag.
• Handle a board by its edges only; do not touch its components, periph-
eral chips, memory modules or contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags
when not in use.
• For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides
excellent conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mount-
ing fasteners and the motherboard.
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