User guide

Chapter 1 - Conversion Basics Genesis MP6 ◆
This chapter covers Step 1: Preparation. To make sure your con-
version proceeds as easily as possible, you need to prepare an
appropriate work area and gather the right tools. You also need to
familiarize yourself with the contents of the kit, with electrostatic
discharge safety and basic mechanical information, and read and
understand the procedures you’ll follow. If your motherboard needs
to be upgraded, you will arrange for the upgrade at this time.
Step 2 is covered in the chapters on disassembly of the various
Power Macintosh computers. You will disassemble your computer,
keeping the motherboard, RAM, storage devices and peripherals
and other components for reuse in the Genesis MP conversion.
Step 3, upgrading the motherboard, is covered in the literature
which shipped with the Genesis MP Conversion Kit. If you are
unsure of whether your motherboard needs to be upgraded, con-
tact DayStar to determine how to proceed.
Step 4, assembly of the Genesis MP Conversion, is covered fol-
lowing the disassembly chapters. You will prepare your storage
devices for reinstallation, install them and your motherboard into
the Genesis MP Chassis. You’ll reinstall your peripherals and add
DayStar’s nPOWER multiprocessor card.
In Step 5, the final chapter of this guide, we’ll tell you how to install
DayStar’s multiprocessing software and start up and test your new
Genesis MP Conversion.
About Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)...
CAUTION
The Genesis MP and your Power Macintosh use electronic compo-
nents that are sensitive to static electricity. Use care when han-
dling and installing these components to prevent damage which
can be caused by static currents. Always work in an area of low
static electricity on a grounded surface to prevent static discharge.
If you’ve ever been shocked when touching a doorknob on a dry
winter day, you’ve experienced ESD. For humans, the experience
of ESD is an annoyance. For sensitive microcircuitry, it’s devastat-
ing. A shock too small to feel can wipe out hundreds of dollars of
RAM memory, thousands of dollars of processor chips.
Static electricity can be discharged from yourself or from a con-
ductor, possibly destroying static-sensitive devices or microcircuit-
ry. Often, static discharge may not be detected by sight, touch, or
sound, although damage occurs.
An electronic device exposed to ESD may fail immediately, gradu-
ally, or not at all - it’s impossible to know whether damage has
occurred until the device stops operating correctly.
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