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Hard Drive Orientation
Posted: 2007-01-22 10:10am
by Arrow
If I was to mount a hard drive upside down (to relieve strain on its 90 degree SATA connector), would it have any effect on drive operation or lifetime?
Re: Hard Drive Orientation
Posted: 2007-01-22 10:23am
by Magus
Arrow wrote:If I was to mount a hard drive upside down (to relieve strain on its 90 degree SATA connector), would it have any effect on drive operation or lifetime?
Perhaps - if it has exposed circuitry on the bottom side, you increase the odds that dust will settle on it and short-circuit it.
Re: Hard Drive Orientation
Posted: 2007-01-22 10:51am
by Uraniun235
Magus wrote:Arrow wrote:If I was to mount a hard drive upside down (to relieve strain on its 90 degree SATA connector), would it have any effect on drive operation or lifetime?
Perhaps - if it has exposed circuitry on the bottom side, you increase the odds that dust will settle on it and short-circuit it.
This doesn't seem terribly likely, given that video cards and other electronics in the system can accumulate a lot of dust and never experience this problem.
In any case, the internal mechanisms of the hard drive probably won't be negatively impacted by any particular orientation. You could mount them on their side if you wanted, too.
Posted: 2007-01-22 11:31am
by Beowulf
You can mount modern HDDs in pretty much any orientation so long as they get at least a breath of airflow, and don't get shaken about.