Install a PIC

To install a PIC, follow this procedure (see Figure 78):

1. Attach an ESD strap to your bare wrist and connect the strap to one of the ESD points on the chassis.
2. Place the FPC into which you are installing the PIC on an antistatic foam mat, component side up and with its faceplate facing you. If a foam mat is not available, substitute a standard flat antistatic mat but use extra care when laying the FPC on it to avoid damaging the electrical components.
3. Push the PIC part way into the FPC slot. Carefully align the tabs on the PIC connector with the notches in the connector at the rear of the FPC slot. Push the PIC in until the connectors join.   
   
   

   If the pins on the FPC connector are not aligned properly with the holes in the PIC connector, the pins might be bent or the holes damaged. Either kind of damage can prevent the PIC and FPC from functioning correctly.

   
   
4. Carefully turn over the FPC and lay it component side down on the mat with the PIC faceplates facing you.
5. Using a Phillips screwdriver, tighten the two screws that secure the PIC in the FPC.
6. Using a screwdriver, tighten the two screws on the noncomponent side that fasten each PIC to the FPC.

Figure 78: Install a PIC