HP Pavilion xt500 HP Notebook Series - Maintenance, Shipping and Travel Guide - Page 12

Maintaining Your Hardware Caring for Drives Drives are fragile notebook components that must be handled with care. The following cautions apply to all drives at all times. Ä CAUTION: To prevent loss of work, or damage to the notebook or a drive: ■ Electrostatic discharge can damage electronic components. To prevent electrostatic damage to the notebook or a drive, follow these two precautions: 1) Discharge yourself from static electricity before handling a drive by touching a grounded metal object, and 2) Avoid touching the connectors on a drive. ■ Excessive force can damage drive connectors. When you insert a drive, use only enough force to seat the drive. ■ Handle a drive carefully. Do not drop it. ■ Avoid exposing a hard drive to devices with magnetic fields. Products with magnetic fields include video and audio tape erasure products, monitors, and speakers. Security devices with magnetic fields include airport walk-through devices and security wands. Airport security devices that check carry-on luggage via a conveyor belt typically use x-rays instead of magnetism, which will not damage a hard drive. ■ Do not spray a drive with cleaning fluids. ■ Avoid exposing a drive to liquids or temperature extremes. ■ If you mail a drive, ship it in packaging that protects it from shock, vibration, temperature, and humidity, then label the package "fragile." Maintenance, Shipping and Travel 2-7