Fujitsu NH570 User Guide

92 

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.

T

HE

 

SYSTEM

 

CONTAINS

 

COMPONENTS

 

THAT

 

CAN

 

BE

 

SEVERELY

 

DAMAGED

 

BY

 

ELECTROSTATIC

 

DISCHARGE

 (ESD). 

T

O

 

MINIMIZE

 

RISK

 

TO

 

THE

 

COMPONENTS

, 

OBSERVE

 

THE

 

FOLLOWING

 

PRECAUTIONS

:

B

EFORE

 

DOCKING

 

OR

 

UNDOCKING

 

YOUR

 L

IFE

B

OOK

 

NOTEBOOK

 (

WHEN

 

USING

 

A

 

PORT

 

REPLICATOR

), 

IT

 

IS

 

A

 

GOOD

 

PRACTICE

 

TO

 

ALWAYS

 

TOUCH

 

A

 

GROUNDED

 

METAL

 

OBJECT

 

TO

 

DISCHARGE

 

STATIC

 

ELECTRICITY

 

BUILT

 

UP

 

IN

 

YOUR

 

BODY

. 

B

E

 

SURE

 

TO

 

POWER

 

DOWN

 

YOUR

 

SYSTEM

 

BEFORE

 

ADDING

 

OR

 

REMOVING

 

SYSTEM

 

COMPONENTS

. E

VEN

 

IF

 

THE

 

SYSTEM

 

IS

 

IN

 

HIBERNATE

 

OR

 

STANDBY

 

STATES

, 

DATA

 

COULD

 

BE

 

LOST

 

OR

 

MEMORY

 

COULD

 

BE

 

DAMAGED

 

IF

 

POWER

 

IS

 

STILL

 

AVAILABLE

 

TO

 

THE

 

SYSTEM

.

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

 

COMPUTER

 

TERMINALS

 

OR

 

COMPONENTS

; 

THE

 

OIL

 

FROM

 

YOUR

 

FINGERS

 

COULD

 

CAUSE

 

A

 

SHORT

 

TO

 

THE

 

COMPONENTS

. 

E

LECTRICAL

 

EQUIPMENT

 

MAY

 

BE

 

HAZARDOUS

 

IF

 

MISUSED

. O

PERATIONS

 

OF

 

THIS

 

PRODUCT

 

OR

 

SIMILAR

 

PRODUCTS

, 

MUST

 

ALWAYS

 

BE

 

SUPERVISED

 

BY

 

AN

 

ADULT

. D

O

 

NOT

 

ALLOW

 

CHILDREN

 

ACCESS

 

TO

 

THE

 

INTERIOR

 

OF

 

ANY

 

ELECTRICAL

 

PRODUCTS

 

AND

 

DO

 

NOT

 

PERMIT

 

THEM

 

TO

 

HANDLE

 

ANY

 

CABLES

.