User`s manual

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Appendix C: BPN-SAS-825TQ Backplane Specications
Appendix C
BPN-SAS-825TQ Backplane Specications
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
C-1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures
are generally suf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 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.
C-2 General Safety Guidelines
•Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer, including the BPN-SAS-825TQ backplane.
•Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the
BPN-SAS-825TQ backplane.
•Make sure that the BPN-SAS-825TQ backplane is securely and properly in-
stalled on the motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power
shortage.