is it ok to mount a hard drive vertically?

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jamesh
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is it ok to mount a hard drive vertically?

Post by jamesh » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:05 am

as opposed to horizontally, just wondering if it will wear the bearings out early or something?

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Post by NamJangNamJa » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:23 am

Have a look at THIS.

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Post by davidstone28 » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:52 am

You can mount it vertically or horizontally but NEVER mount it on a slope or at an angle - over a period of time you will damage the drive.

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Post by jamesh » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:00 am

ah cool, many thanks.

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Post by dukla2000 » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:07 am

davidstone28 wrote:You can mount it vertically or horizontally but NEVER mount it on a slope or at an angle - over a period of time you will damage the drive.
Do you have a source for this?
Seagate 7200.7 Product Manual Rev A wrote:You can mount the drive in any orientation ...
leads me to believe it no longer matters how you mount the things (at least Seagates - some other drives the bits may slide off the platters :?: )

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Post by lm » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:15 am

davidstone28 wrote:You can mount it vertically or horizontally but NEVER mount it on a slope or at an angle - over a period of time you will damage the drive.
I would also like to hear evidence or proof to such a strong claim.

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Post by Jan Kivar » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:34 am

IBM/Hitachi - Page 2.
WD.

The other major manufacturers didn't say much about the allowable orientations for a drive. IIRC Seagate said any orientation is OK. Whatever that means... :?

Cheers,

Jan

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Post by MGP » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:26 pm

Yea, mounting a HD vertically shouldn't be a problem as the previous line of Dell Dimensions circa 1999-2000 used cases that placed the HD vertically at the front of the case (I would know as I had a version of the non-branded case used by Dell -- a case I would NOT recommend, btw, for housing a power system).

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