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- From: jraup@coral.bucknell.edu (Raup II James R)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: hard disk orientation
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 12:57:46 -0500
- Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- In article <C1GHnF.DGL@dcs.ed.ac.uk> gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (George Taylor) writes:
- >Could anyone tell me if running a hard disk vertically instead of horizontally
- >(e.g.using a desktop machine on it's side like a 'tower' system)
- >is likely to decrease it's lifetime?
- >
- >--
- >George
-
- I'd check the manufacturer's specs. The manual I got with my Seagate(tm)
- (157n SCSI) states that any orientation is acceptable EXCEPT Circuit
- board up (Daughterboard up). I'm not sure if this is applicable to other
- manufacturers, though. This is an older drive (3 1/2 yrs), but new
- enough to have auto-park (heads) on power-down..
-
- hope this helps
-
- -Jack
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