Using an Antistatic Mat

In addition to wearing an antistatic wrist strap when handling components, create an ESD-free work place by using an antistatic mat as a work surface and as a place to set ESD-sensitive components such as printed circuit boards, DIMMs, and processors (CPUs). You can use the following items as antistatic mats:

• Antistatic bag used to wrap a replacement part

• ESD mat (orderable from Oracle)

• A disposable ESD mat (shipped with some optional system components)