Mounting IDE drives vertical ?

[boran]

okay I might get myself a Directron SF-201-B case, BUT it has a vertical drivebay (drives sitting on their sides)

I just wanted to know, doesnt this affect the lifespan of the drive ? (because I can imagine the drive arm engine has to work harder when it has to beat gravity, and how should I mount it then, with arm down so it fals down when shut down or with arm up ?

thanks for any help or advice ...

 

[Workin']

The drive couldn't care less if it is horizontal or vertical. Many Dell and Gateway computers (and others) have their drives mounted vertically.

 

[KingCheeba]

Just don't shake the drive while it's running! lol


I was stupid enough not to mount my drives so therefore, experienced problems later. Good thing I was able to return some of them and have them still under the 3 year warranty!

By the way, nice case! black and blue led!
*drool*

 

[dcdomain]

As long as you keep the drives mounted as they are, it should be no problem. Don't mount a drive vertically for a year, and then decide ot switch it. I heard that can cause problems...

 

[bozo1]

<< Don't mount a drive vertically for a year, and then decide ot switch it >>


That hasn't been true for 10 years or so. The bottom platter of the drive has head positioning information built into it - the heads sync to those tracks so changing the orientation doesn't matter.

 

[Trader05]

My first computer, Compaq Presario, had a Quantum 3.8gb mounted vertically, still running strong no bad sectors after 5 years! So i guess it doesn't matter...my friend always switches hd's with his case open he has his hard drives just hanging, that's not good but he never had a hd die on him yet....keyword yet lol