Chapter 2: Technical Specifications and Installation 2.4 Installing the AOC-SIMSO/SIMSO+ 2.4.1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, please carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when installing the AOC- SIMSO(+) into your system. ESD Safety Guidelines Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent dam age to your system, 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. • Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag.
• Handle the add-on card by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips, memory modules or gold contacts. • When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins. • Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use. General Safety Guidelines • Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the computer. • Use only the correct type of bracket for the add-on card. • Disconnect the power cable before removing any cable from the add-on card. • Make sure that the SIMSO(+) add-on card is securely seated in the SIMSO slot to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
For SIMSO slot loca tions, please refer to Section 2.4.2. SMC Motherboards with SIMSO(+) support The following Supermicro's motherboards support the AOC-SIMSO(+). 1. The X7DBR-8/X7DBR-i Series 2. The X7DBR-3/X7DBR-E Series 3. The X7DBR-8+/X7DBR-i+ Series 2-7