[ale] mounting drives vertically

[audilover at atlantabroadband.com (Ray Knight)]

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?

It's much more likely that the drive failures are heat related.  How is
the airflow where the drive is mounted?  With a vertical mount there may
not be adequate airflow across the drive to keep the temperature at a
reasonable level.

-- 
Ray Knight <audilover at atlantabroadband.com>