Having your hard disk vertically = bad?

[Shogo]

hi well i have made a "gettho" mod to my pc, and my hard disk is hidden behind the pannel of my lian-li v1000. Because hard disk are rotating and has alot of mechanical pieces, is it bad for the hard disk to run this way? here is a picture:

 

[Dan_D]

Not at all. Dell and HP as well as other OEM's have placed their drives in all kinds of odd positions for years. It will be fine.

 

[PhoS]

New rubber shock aborbing mounts? Can be used in a sling shot to discard of the drive after it goes poof?

 

[Shogo]

Oh, thank you for your replies! ehheh,

well actually the hard disk is holding in place with 1 screw mounted behind, wich is used as a support that goes in the little holes in the cdrom mounting cage. The rubber are used to avoid vibration and noise. The rubber at the bottom of the hard disk goes through a hole in the cdrom mounting cage and a piece of black aluminum is holding it in place. Clever!

 

[TehRoflcopter]

Vertical = Ok
Horizontal = Ok
Anything more then 20* = BAD

As long as your not mounting at really odd angles like 45* or something, you're in the clear I do believe. I remember a guy who did a plexiglass mod, and wanted to mount his hard drive at like a 35* angle, he started having problems with it and changed it to vertical mounting I do believe.

 

[t0x1k]

I have mine at a 45* angle, it's just hanging off the IDE and molex cable, and the other end rests on the bottom of the case. No problems at all.

 

[Asian Dub Foundation]

imo i think if it dosent move at all while its doing its thing, any angle is fine?

 

[eastvillager]

doesn't matter. used to be, you wanted to make sure you formatted it in whatever orientation you were going to use it, but that doesn't even matter anymore. Don't think I've worried about since the rll/mfm days.

 

[Livin4Real]

dead pic

 

[xdkimx]

my hds are mounted vertically no problems at all

this might not be the same arguement, but my ps2 also runs much better standing vertically, use to freeze and studder sitting horizontally

 

[daedal]

my hds are mounted vertically no problems at all

this might not be the same arguement, but my ps2 also runs much better standing vertically, use to freeze and studder sitting horizontally

Same here. It locks up running horizontally but is fine vertically.

 

[ZOMGWTFBBQ]

Same here. It locks up running horizontally but is fine vertically.

by putting it on its side (or even upside down) takes some of the weight of the disc off the motor. It still has to spin the same weight, but the weight isnt pushing down on the motor which can cause friction which in turn slows it down.

As for HDDs, IMO it doesnt really matter how its situated, but i prefer right angels from the ground, just preference, no evidence to base anything off

 

[Firebat]

Mine's sideways. Works fine.

 

[compslckr]

Vertical = Ok
Horizontal = Ok
Anything more then 20* = BAD

As long as your not mounting at really odd angles like 45* or something, you're in the clear I do believe. I remember a guy who did a plexiglass mod, and wanted to mount his hard drive at like a 35* angle, he started having problems with it and changed it to vertical mounting I do believe.

exactly

 

[BullseyeBob]

Mount your drive at any angle you wish. Only thing to take in account is shock absorption since the drive has spinning parts.

 

[upriverpaddler]

I read here a long time ago that you can install a HDD in any position you like. But it is best to install the OS while it is in that postion. I think the comments came from someone posting about stability problems after he moved his HDD.

 

[bob]

Well considering that most of the hard drives ive beat the $*(@ out of have a good bearing setup, I dont see any problems.

But, Ive heard that some laptop hard drives use a cushion of air as bearings. Hmm. But then again, laptops are used in some weird positions.

I figure as long as you dont spill beer/pepsi/water on it, short out the circuit board, and it doesnt fall out of its custom bracket/mounts, your good to go.

 

[mikeblas]

I read here a long time ago that you can install a HDD in any position you like. But it is best to install the OS while it is in that postion. I think the comments came from someone posting about stability problems after he moved his HDD.

That sounds a little silly.

Meanwhile, there's a current thread on this topic in the disk subsystem area.