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From: shim@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning the computer on it's side
Message-ID: <2474@zipeecs.umich.edu>
Date: 1 Jun 90 00:09:12 GMT
References: <27220@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: shim@eecs.umich.edu (Sam Shim)
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <27220@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v081nhdb@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>The reason not to turn the computer on it's side, unless you have a tower case,
>is the hard drives. In the tower cases, the drive slots are horizontal, though
>the system is vertical, so they work fine. I don't think it matters of you 
>only have floppy drives. This is what a friend of mine in the computer business 
>told me.
>					Nina Banerjee

Actually, it's fine to have hard drives on its side.  Just not upside down.
So there's no reason not to turn a computer on its side, except possibly
for cooling/ventilation problems.  Hard drive manufacturers design hard drives
to run upright and on its side (many of the newer smaller cases mount the
hard drive sideways).  Just be careful if you have a computer that has the
hard drive mounted on its side when upright.  Turning the computer on it's
side could set the hard drive in an upside down position, which most hard
drives weren't designed for.



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