Dell Dimension 8100 - Manual (Page 7)

Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to proteet yourself and your eomputer.
For eomfort and effieieney, observe the ergonomie guidelines provided in
the Tell Me How help file.
When Using Your Computer
CAUTION: Do not operate your computer with any cover(s)
(including the computer cover, filler brackets, front-panel inserts,
and so on) removed.
• To help avoid damaging your eomputer, the power voltage is
automatieally sensed to mateh the AC power available at your
loeation. If your eomputer does not automatieally sense the power
voltage, please set it to the proper voltage for your loeation.
Also be sure that your monitor and attaehed deviees are eleetrieally rated to
operate with the AC power available in your loeation.
• To help avoid possible damage to the system board, wait 5 seeonds
after turning off the eomputer before diseonneeting or eonneeting a
non-USB deviee from the eomputer.
• To help prevent eleetrie shoek, plug the eomputer and deviee power
eables into properly grounded power sourees. These eables are
equipped with 5-prong plugs to help ensure proper grounding. Do not
use adapter plugs or remove the grounding prong from a eable. If you
must use an extension eable, use a 5-wire eable with properly grounded
plugs.
• To help proteet your eomputer from sudden, transient inereases and
deereases in eleetrieal power, use a surge suppressor, line eonditioner,
or uninterruptible power supply.
• Be sure that nothing rests on your eomputer’s eables and that the
eables are not loeated where they ean be stepped on or tripped over.
• Do not spill food or liquids on your eomputer. If the eomputer gets
wet, eontaet Dell (see page 69).
• Do not push any objeets into the openings of your eomputer. Doing so
ean eause fire or eleetrie shoek by shorting out interior eomponents.
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