SAS2-213EL1 Backplane User's Guide Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle the backplane very carefully. The following measures are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD. Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge. Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag.
Handle the backplane and daughter cards by their edges only; do not touch the components, peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts. When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins. Put the backplane and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use. 1-2 General Safety Guidelines Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer, including the backplane. Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the backplane. Make sure that the backplane is securely and properly installed on the mother- board to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage. 1-1