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| Thread ID: 23703 | 2002-08-23 01:19:00 | HDD mounting | btong (1066) | Press F1 |
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| 73293 | 2002-08-23 01:19:00 | Here's a silly question: Can a HDD be mounted upside down? | btong (1066) | ||
| 73294 | 2002-08-23 01:25:00 | From the web: In the majority of cases the drive is installed in the "default" way: flat, with the drive parallel to the ground, the logic board facing down and the drive label facing the sky . Some PC cases, however, especially the smaller desktop boxes, have side-mounted hard disk bays . Either of these orientations is common and should present no problems . In fact, most manufacturers say that you can mount their drives any way you wish, even upside-down if it is necessary . That said, my personal opinion--one shared by at least one manufacturer--is that you should avoid strange mounting positions if it all possible . The reason is simple: most testing of drives is done with them in either of the standard orientations . Hard drive manufacturers don't do nearly as much testing of drives mounted upside-down as they do of drives right-side up . For the sake of reliability, it's best to keep things simple if at all possible, and well, go with the flow . Older hard disks that used stepper motor actuators were much more sensitive to orientation . It was in fact often recommended that the low-level formatting of the disk always be done after the disk was installed in its operating position, to avoid any shifting of the location of the tracks that might be caused by changing the orientation . Since hard disks today are much more solidly built, and they use voice coil actuators for dynamic head positioning, this really is not an issue . A modern hard disk can be side-mounted in the case without any problems, and can also have its orientation changed after it has been in use for some time . |
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| 73295 | 2002-08-23 03:14:00 | try to mount the drive so the pcb board dosn't get filled up with dust. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 73296 | 2002-08-23 11:37:00 | it should be fine to mount it in what ever orientation you like. But the standard orientation would be the best. Just don't go mounting it in a vacuum. |
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