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Safety, Environmental, and Ergonomic
Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your
device (computer, port replicator, media base, docking station, and similar devices) and working
environment from potential damage.
Safety Instructions
Observe the following safe-handling guidelines to ensure personal safety:
• When setting up the device for work, place it on a level surface.
• Do not attempt to service the device yourself, except as explained in your Dell™ documentation
or in instructions otherwise provided to you by Dell. Always follow installation and service
instructions closely.
• To help avoid the potential hazard of electric shock, do not connect or disconnect any cables or
perform maintenance or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. Do not use
your computer during an electrical storm unless all cables have been disconnected and the
computer is operating on battery power.
• If your device includes an integrated or optional (PC Card) modem, disconnect the modem cable
if an electrical storm is approaching to avoid the remote risk of electric shock from lightning via
the telephone line.
• Do not push any objects into air vents or openings of your device. Doing so can cause fire or
electric shock by shorting out interior components.
• If your device includes a modem, the cable used with the modem should be manufactured with a
minimum wire size of 26 American wire gauge (AWG) and an FCC-compliant RJ-11 modular
plug.
• If your device has both a modem RJ-11 connector and a network RJ-45 connector, which look
alike, make sure that you insert the telephone cable into the RJ-11 connector, not the RJ-45
connector.
• Keep your device away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block cooling vents. Avoid
placing loose papers underneath your device; do not place your device in a closed-in wall unit or on
a bed, sofa, or rug.
• Do not use your device in a wet environment, for example, near a bath tub, sink, or swimming
pool or in a wet basement.