drkohler on 06 December 2008
| nordlead said: I have read (although, I'm not 100% sure) that vertical for any disc drive is harder on the drive than horizontal. The supposed reasoning goes something along the lines of this. In the horizontal position the motor now needs to fight gravity on 1 side of the disc (the side traveling up) and has the help of gravity on the other (side going down). This causes uneven forces on the motor which could break it prematurely. |
Lol.. and the data bits fall off the platter as well if you mount it vertically???
It really doesn't matter how you orientate your harddisk, as long as sufficient cooling is ensured. Modern harddisk can even placed upside down (though I would't recomment that).
