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Handling Static-Sensitive Devices
Some components of the options for your IBM Personal
Computer can be damaged by static discharges. To
prevent such damage, your option may be wrapped in a
conductive, anti-static bag; certain precautions should
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be taken before removing the option from its bag.
Hold the option (still wrapped in its anti-static bag) in
one hand. Touch an
unpainted
metal part (for example,
the screws on the rear of the system unit) with the
other hand. This will place your body, the option, and
the system unit at the same ground potential,
preventing an accidental static discharge.
Connector
Carefully remove the option from its anti-static bag.
Be sure to handle circuit boards by the edges only and
do not touch the component pins or solder joints.
Grasp diskette drives and fixed disk drives by their
frames to avoid touching the circuit board. Memory
chips should be held by their narrow ends only, not by
their pins.
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