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09-13-2006, 11:44 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Mounting a hard drive (no, not in that sense!)
Can anyone confirm if it makes a difference whether a hard drve (laptop one) is positioned horizontally or vertically in a case? I'm guessing horizontal is preferred as that is how hard drives normally seem to be but I want to know if sticking it vertically will impede its performance or cause it problems.
Cheers!
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09-13-2006, 12:17 PM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Spring City, Tennessee
Vehicle: 1999 Saturn SL2
Posts: 59
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people have been doing it both ways with no measurable performance or stability issues arising
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09-13-2006, 12:18 PM
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Neither darque nor pervert
Join Date: Apr 2004
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No, it doesn't make a difference.
Search the forums. There are tons of threads about this very topic, and they all come to the same conclusion: It doesn't matter, just like the points on Whose Line Is It Anyway.
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09-13-2006, 12:27 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 26
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Acec - thanks guys  |
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09-14-2006, 07:12 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Afton MN
Vehicle: 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Posts: 1,119
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Has anyone mounted one diagonally? 
Best of both worlds, perhaps? |
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09-14-2006, 07:23 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Vehicle: 2002 Chrysler Sebring Coupe LXI
Posts: 1,747
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Quote: Originally Posted by PatO  Has anyone mounted one diagonally?
Best of both worlds, perhaps?
Just guessing, but I'd imagine the worst of both worlds. I'd think having it parallel or perpindicular would be better, but who knows. |
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09-15-2006, 10:57 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
Posts: 1,025
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Quote: Originally Posted by DarquePervert It doesn't matter, just like the points on Whose Line Is It Anyway.
rofl, is that show still on the air? |
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09-15-2006, 11:01 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Vehicle: 96 Pontiac Trans Am
Posts: 157
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Quote: Originally Posted by PatO Has anyone mounted one diagonally?
Best of both worlds, perhaps?
Quote: Originally Posted by shotgunefx Just guessing, but I'd imagine the worst of both worlds. I'd think having it parallel or perpindicular would be better, but who knows.
Yes, that would cause the fluid to drain to the bottom of the harddrive...and cause the head to hit the disk on bumps...  |
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09-15-2006, 02:59 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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Quote: Originally Posted by 96TransAm Yes, that would cause the fluid to drain to the bottom of the harddrive...and cause the head to hit the disk on bumps...
what are you talking about..
you can mount hard drives vertically, horizontally, upside down, the 'liquid' wont drain to one side :/ |
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09-15-2006, 03:04 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Vehicle: 2002 Chrysler Sebring Coupe LXI
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Quote: Originally Posted by FC3S what are you talking about..
you can mount hard drives vertically, horizontally, upside down, the 'liquid' wont drain to one side :/
No idea on that, but I'd think having it angled might cause problems over time just due to gyroscopic forces, but again, no idea really, just a hunch. |
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09-15-2006, 03:20 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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well, i have no idea about the diagonal either
but the liquid would move? give me a break 
but, in theory, if its gonna have shock problems, it'd be worst on horizontal no? then gravity's at its strongest with the arm and head being farthest its mounting point |
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09-15-2006, 03:47 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Vehicle: 96 Pontiac Trans Am
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Quote: Originally Posted by FC3S well, i have no idea about the diagonal either
but the liquid would move? give me a break
but, in theory, if its gonna have shock problems, it'd be worst on horizontal no? then gravity's at its strongest with the arm and head being farthest its mounting point
The oil in the ball bearings is going to give into gravity and move down to one side of the drive when it's turned off. I'm not saying it's going to cause your HDD to crash, it's just one of the theoretical negatives of mounting a drive vertically. |
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09-15-2006, 03:57 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Vehicle: 2002 Chrysler Sebring Coupe LXI
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Quote: Originally Posted by FC3S well, i have no idea about the diagonal either
but the liquid would move? give me a break
but, in theory, if its gonna have shock problems, it'd be worst on horizontal no? then gravity's at its strongest with the arm and head being farthest its mounting point
I'm probably talking out of my *** here, but I'm thinking more of the platters rotating and I haven't disected an HD in awhile, but I'd assume they have much more mass than the arm and head. |
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09-15-2006, 04:23 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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well thats true, but im not personally worried about the platters touching..
from pics ive seen, they're pretty thick, i'd be more worried of the head hitting one of the platters
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09-15-2006, 05:18 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Vehicle: 2002 Chrysler Sebring Coupe LXI
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Quote: Originally Posted by FC3S well thats true, but im not personally worried about the platters touching..
from pics ive seen, they're pretty thick, i'd be more worried of the head hitting one of the platters
I was thinking more the motor burning out or the platters oscillating (sic) and contacting the heads. |
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