Safety, Maintenance, And Regulatory Information; Maintaining Your Hardware And Software; Hardware Do's And Don'ts - Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo Owner's Manual

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Maintaining Your Hardware and Software

Chapter 7

Safety, Maintenance, and Regulatory Information

This chapter gives you some important information on safety and comfort, as well as
some helpful hints on maintaining your IRIS Indigo workstation. It also provides
important regulatory information.
This section gives you some basic guidelines to follow to keep your hardware, and the
software that runs on it, in good working order.

Hardware Do's and Don'ts

To keep your workstation in good running order, try to remember these guidelines.
Do not
• enclose the workstation in a small, poorly ventilated area (such as a closet), crowd
other large objects around it, or drape anything (such as a jacket or blanket) over the
top
• use the workstation as a shelf or table
• run the workstation with the front plastic cover off; this alters the air flow
• connect cables (other than audio) or add other hardware components while the
workstation is turned on
• power down the workstation frequently; leave it running over nights and weekends
if possible
• move the workstation while it is running, or within 1 minute of powering it down;
it contains a hard disk that may be damaged
• lay the workstation on its side
• use an adapter to plug the workstation into a two-prong (ungrounded) outlet
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