Hard drive position

[Cologinbob]

Does it matter what position your hard drive is in. i have an ibm deskstar that over heats quiet often. it is mounted in such a way that i can not put a cooler on the metal face on top.. Will the drive still work correctly if i flip it over so that it is up side down??

 

[barlav]

Should work fine.

 

[Tauren]

I would reccomend moving it to another bay as opposed to using upside down. But, if you have no open bays, it's probably better than over heating.

 

[Cologinbob]

it is not in a bay. it is inside a full size addtronics case mounted on some rails right in the middle of the case.

 

[Suki]

I always want it on top

 

[Cologinbob]

i was just reading the installation instructions at IBM and they said the it totaly does not matter how the drive is orientated and that my problem is probably due to a blocked breath hole. Learn something new every day. thanks all.

 

[thorin]

So what did we learn?

When all else fails RTFM

jk

Thorin