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Caution: You must observe proper grounding techniques
to prevent the discharge of static electricity from your body into
ESD sensitive components.
Packaging materials that contain ESD sensitive components are
usually marked with a yellow and black warning symbol.
To avoid damaging ESD sensitive components:
- Handle the components only after attaching a wrist strap to
your bare wrist. Attach the other end of the wrist strap to a
ground that terminates at the system ground, such as any unpainted
metallic chassis surface.
- Handle a circuit card by the faceplate or side edges only. See
How to hold a circuit card.
Caution: Ensure that your palm is not in contact with the
non component side of the board.
- Keep components away from plastics and other synthetic materials
such as polyester clothing.
- Do not hand components to another person unless that person
is grounded at the same potential level.
- Hold devices such as a hard disk drives in the same manner as
a large circuit card. The ESD sensitive area of these components
is located on the bottom surface.
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