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Chapter 5
Care and Maintenance
Caring for your LIFEBOOK Notebook
If you use your Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebook carefully, you will increase its life and reliability. This
section provides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices.
•
D
O
NOT
REMOVE
ANY
SCREWS
FROM
THE
MEMORY
UPGRADE
MODULE
COMPARTMENT
EXCEPT
THE
ONES
SPECIFICALLY
SHOWN
IN
THE
DIRECTIONS
FOR
INSTALLING
AND
REMOVING
THE
MEMORY
UPGRADE
MODULE
.
•
T
HE
MEMORY
UPGRADE
MODULE
CAN
BE
SEVERELY
DAMAGED
BY
ELECTROSTATIC
DISCHARGE
(ESD).
T
O
MINIMIZE
RISK
TO
THE
MODULE
,
OBSERVE
THE
FOLLOWING
PRECAUTIONS
:
-
B
EFORE
HANDLING
A
MEMORY
MODULE
,
TOUCH
A
GROUNDED
METAL
OBJECT
TO
DISCHARGE
STATIC
ELECTRICITY
BUILT
UP
IN
YOUR
BODY
.
-
W
HEN
INSTALLING
OR
REMOVING
A
MEMORY
MODULE
,
HOLD
IT
BY
THE
EDGE
SO
AS
NOT
TO
TOUCH
ANY
CONTACTS
OR
CHIPS
. B
E
CAREFUL
NOT
TO
TOUCH
ANY
INTERNAL
TERMINALS
OR
COMPONENTS
;
THE
OIL
FROM
YOUR
FINGERS
COULD
CAUSE
A
SHORT
TO
THE
COMPONENTS
.
-
B
E
SURE
TO
POWER
DOWN
YOUR
SYSTEM
BEFORE
ADDING
OR
REMOVING
MEMORY
MODULES
.
E
VEN
IF
THE
SYSTEM
IS
IN
HIBERNATE
OR
SLEEP
STATES
,
DATA
COULD
BE
LOST
OR
THE
MEMORY
COULD
BE
DAMAGED
IF
POWER
IS
STILL
AVAILABLE
TO
THE
SYSTEM
.
