10-4 Sun Blade 1500 Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual • December 2004
Though not required for component replacement, the following tools have proven
helpful in certain situations:
■ Needle nose pliers, tweezers, or hemostat
■ Large jeweller’s screwdriver
■ Flashlight
■ Digital voltage meter (DVM)
Place ESD-sensitive components such as the motherboard, memory, PCI cards, hard
drives, and the NVRAM on an antistatic mat. The following items can be used as an
antistatic mat:
■ Antistatic bag used to wrap a Sun replacement part
■ Sun ESD mat, part number 250-1088 (available through your Sun sales
representative)
■ Disposable ESD mat (shipped with replacement parts or optional system
components)
10.3 Powering Off the Workstation
Prior to performing any installation or replacement procedure, turn off power to the
workstation and all peripheral units.
Caution – Prior to turning off the workstation power, save any open files, and close
any active applications. Notify affected users that you are powering off your
workstation.
This section describes the following:
■ “Identifying the Power Button” on page 10-4
■ “Powering Off Methods” on page 10-5
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10.3.1 Identifying the Power Button
The Power button is located on the front of the workstation. Alternatively, the
keyboard Sleep key is available for power-off sequences. See
FIGURE 10-2.
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