[ale] mounting drives vertically

[josh at catea.org (Josh Freeman)]

I 've never noticed any problems. One of my cases by default mounts the
drive sideways. Theoretically I would imagine that gravity could cause
some deflection of the seek head, but the magnets in a drive are so
strong that I would expect that the magnetic force would override the
gravitational force.

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 14:17, Geoffrey wrote:
> Has anyone had any problems with drives mounted vertically, rather than 
> horizontally?  I have a friend who's gateway box is on it's 3rd hd in 
> about two years.  It's a tower type box, but I've noted that the drive 
> is mounted vertically.
> 
> I've done some research on this and seems like most opinions are that it 
> should not cause any problems.
> 
> Anyone else have similar experiences?
-- 
Josh Freeman
Technical Manager
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access