TS7620 Appliance Express® Electrostatic discharge procedures

When you are removing and replacing CRU components, take the following precautions to avoid static electricity damage:

• Whenever possible, wear an Electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap. Ensure that the flexible grounding cord on the wrist strap remains connected to you and to the frame of the component. Because the wrist strap has a high resistance (>1 megohm) resistor in series with the grounding clip, there is no danger to you. The resistor discharges the static electricity from your body. To use the ESD wrist strap:
  1. Place the elastic band around your wrist.
  2. Connect the clip on the flexible grounding cord to an unpainted frame ground point on the rack.
  3. Keep the strap on and connected while you touch, insert, or remove any ESD-sensitive part.
• Do not open the static-protective package that contains the component until you are instructed to do so.
• Limit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up around you.
• Always handle components carefully. Handle adapters and memory modules by the edges. Never touch any exposed circuitry, including the gold connectors along the bottom edge of the PCI adapters.
• Prevent others from touching the components.
• When possible, remove the component and install it directly into the computer without setting the component down. If you need to set the component down, place the static-protective package on a smooth level surface and then place the component on top of the package.