User's Guide (1.1c)

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Chapter 2: Technical Specications and Installation
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 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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
2.4 Installing the AOC-SIMSO/SIMSO+
2.4.1 Safety Guidelines