User`s manual
SC747 Chassis Manual
D-5
D-5 SATA-M35 and SCA-M942 Backplane Specications
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
D-6 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 sufcient 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 backplane and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in
use.
D-7 General Safety Guidelines
•Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer, including the mobile rack.
•Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the
mobile rack.
•Make sure that the mobile rack is securely and properly installed on the moth-
erboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.