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Product Installation
Introduction
This chapter provides information for
the
mechanical and electrical installation
of
the
disk
drive.
Handling
Guidelines
The purpose of a correct installation is
to
provide
an
optimum environment for
the
disk drive.
Continually subjecting
the
disk drive
to
the
extremes
of
the
environmental specifications
results in stress on
the
product and can result in early failure or less reliable operation. All
possible combinations of stresses have not been tested
and
the
results
of
simultaneously
applying worst case extremes of several environment parameters are unpredictable.
Protection From Mechanical Shock
Before installation,
the
disk drive is susceptible to damage from excessive shock
and
vibration
during shipping
and
handling.
Caution
,
Always handle
the
disk drive carefully
to
reduce
the
danger
of
losing control
and setting
it
down too
hard
or dropping it.
Always place
the
drive top side up on a fiat surface when
it
is unmounted.
Always install a grounded cushioning
pad
on
hard
surfaces such as tables
and
storage racks used for handling and storing disk drives.
Never stack drives on top of each other.
Protection from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
The
electronic components in these products can
be
permanently destroyed
or
. suffer
latent
(hidden) damage by
the
currents generated from
the
normal
static
electricity
that
resides on
hands
and
table surfaces.
Caution
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Never handle
the
drive outside its anti-static bag unless
the
surrounding
surfaces and
the
operator
are grounded and
the
outside of
the
anti-static
bag
is first discharged
to
the
surroundings.
Always
put
the
drive inside
the
anti-static
bag
or
other
approved container
before
it
is handled by a non-grounded person, before moving
it
away from a
grounded
(ESD safe) work area, and before
it
is
to
be stored.
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