Hello!
Is it bad for my drives to have them sideways (i.e. so that the drive is at a right angle to the floor?) I would guess it is... but I'm not sure.
Hello!
Is it bad for my drives to have them sideways (i.e. so that the drive is at a right angle to the floor?) I would guess it is... but I'm not sure.
No, it's fine. What's not good, though, is moving them whilst they're spinning.
Okey doke. I now have a hard drive sideways, against my case window, with the stickers removed and casing polished up like a mirror! Plus it's out of the way of the airflow, which it was blocking before. Just a slight breeze over it now!
Lol yeah stay off the glue, Pyle! If you look at the bottom, most HDs have screw holes on the bottom face. I used these and some longish screws through the holes on my floppy/HD bays. So I used the same drive bay holes as I would anyway, just different holes on the HD! Does that make sense?
EDIT: Piccy....
Last edited by Jonny; 08-08-2005 at 09:39 AM.
Yeah that's what I was trying to say... Just don't stab yourself with a screwdriver or anything. Or eat the screws.
Dam it, thats what ive been doing wrong all these years. Doh!!Originally Posted by Jonny
Yes, the motor's having to move part of the disc up against gravitys pull.Originally Posted by PrivatePyle
Fortunatly there's a nice bit on the other side moving down with the aid of it.
Clever eh?
Now the heads on the other hand....
LOL!Originally Posted by oshta
That's quite ingenius really... Gives it an industrial machinery sort of look
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RoffleOriginally Posted by Konan555
- As for the heads, the not badly ballenced, and at the speed the moving backwards and forwards (or up and down) i cant honistly see graviyl making much diffrence, thb.
Daniel
Lots of cases mount the HD's that way so it can't be much of a problem. Also a lot of cases can be mounted on their side or base. If it caused problems, they wouldn't do this.
Nox
I can tell you that the drives dont last half as long as the should do if they are mounted sideways. My mate who has a G4 Cube, has gone through about 4 or 5 hard drives. Cant tell me thats bad hard disks?
thats bad hard disks
Nox
Originally Posted by oshta
Nope, it won't have any noticeable effect.
zome of the dell computers mount the hard drives standing. with the conectors at the top. i think its all ok, just dont cover the hole that says "do not cover this hole"
There's a hole that says that?!Originally Posted by Davos
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