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Supermicro SCLA25 Chassis User's Manual
Appendix A
BPN-SAS3-825TQ Backplane
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below
when accessing your system or handling the components.
A.1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent damage to
your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally
sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
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Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
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Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic bag.
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Handle the backplane by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips,
memory modules or gold contacts.
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When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
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Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.
A.2 General Safety Guidelines
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Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components from the
computer, including the BPN-SAS3-825TQ backplane.
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Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the BPN-SAS3-
825TQ backplane.
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Make sure that the BPN-SAS3-825TQ backplane is securely and properly installed on the
motherboard to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
A.3 An Important Note to Users
All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision
available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not look exactly
the same as the graphics shown in this manual.
