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Telek · 11-05-2002, 06:19 AM

mounting hard drives on their side is not bad in itself, there are plenty of cases that already do this. Perhaps doing that while in a car might be a bad idea, however.

pretend you're looking at the drive frop the top, connectors are facing you.

towards/away from you is the Y axis
left/right is the X axis
up/down is the Z axis.

horizontally = X,Y axis parallel to the ground.
vertically (usually) = Y,Z axis parallel to ground (bad in a car)

however

X,Z axis parallel to ground (so the connectors are either on the top or the bottom) shouldn't be so bad, this is because of how the head mechanism works and swings.

but since most people mount it horizontally without issue, I'd just recommend doing that.

11-05-2002, 06:19 AM	#11
Telek Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Vehicle: 1996 Ford Mustang 6cyl 3.8L Posts: 844 My Photos: ()	mounting hard drives on their side is not bad in itself, there are plenty of cases that already do this. Perhaps doing that while in a car might be a bad idea, however. pretend you're looking at the drive frop the top, connectors are facing you. towards/away from you is the Y axis left/right is the X axis up/down is the Z axis. horizontally = X,Y axis parallel to the ground. vertically (usually) = Y,Z axis parallel to ground (bad in a car) however X,Z axis parallel to ground (so the connectors are either on the top or the bottom) shouldn't be so bad, this is because of how the head mechanism works and swings. but since most people mount it horizontally without issue, I'd just recommend doing that. __________________ *IN DEVELOPMENT* -- '96 Mustang, lilliput with PII/450 laptop, custom DC-DC power supply, 60GB; Garmin GPS; 802.11g; compact keyboard, small graphical LCDs, OBDII.