Does it matter what position a HD is mounted?

[adelgary]

I have two Seagate Barracuda harddisks (7200rpm 40GB), mounted horizontally on top of each other inside the computer case. They generate a lot of heat, and it's REALLY hot where I live right now (today it's 103F, 39C), I don't have any AC in the room, so I'm worried the heat might damage the two drives because they are sitting very close on top of each other. So I'm thinking of moving one of them out of metal tray and mount it vertically inside the case. Would that be okay? Or maybe I shouldn't worry at all?

Thanks.

 

[Arrow]

If you can, I would mount it elsewhere. There won't be any consequences if you mount it vertically.

Rob
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[KevinGuy]

If you go down to you local computer hardware dealer you can pick up some 5.25 brackets that will let you mount your hardrive to a 5.25 bay. That is what I would do if you have the room for it. This also gives it alot more room so the drives arnt right next to each other causing a ton of heat. Hope this helps.

Edit: I would also get some fans to put in the bays if you were to do this. It will help with Air Flow.

--Kevin<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by KevinGuy on 06/09/02 05:01 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[mikefxu]

i noticed when i switch my harddrive from vertical to horizonal it was louder. So more sound equals more friction equals more head equals dead harddrvive.
my two cents
Mike

 

[flamethrower205]

maybe it was being muffled otherwise?

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[kief]

It should not matter at all what positiont he hard drive is in as long as its secure and not vibrating. I have seen OEM computers with drives at strange angles (like mounted behind the board at a 30 degree angle) and wierd positions. If you are concerned about heat (I know I am with 5 10k drives and 2 7.2k drives in my case) you can either get a drive bay with built in fans, or a cheesy drive cooler that attaches to the bottom of the drive. Also you can go with the 5.25 --> 3.5 mounting rails. If you go for that last option you may want to try this cheesy little device:

http://www.bestbyte.net/Product.cfm?ProductID=287&CategoryID=8&Keyword=

In my main machine I have a hot swap bay, but I use these in one machine I have and they work great, although they are a bit loud if you use several of them. I cant hear em over the humm of my 10000RPM drives =)

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[lhgpoobaa]

so long as the vibrations are kept to a minimum, any multiple of 90 degrees should be fine.

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