Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!njin!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Desktop Computer on its Side Message-ID: Date: 22 Apr 91 15:44:01 GMT References: <59719@aurs01.UUCP> <1991Apr17.180001.28450@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 18 In article <1991Apr17.180001.28450@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> jeg@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (John E. Girard) writes: > I've heard these arguements about on the side versus flat for years > and I'm sure getting tired of them! That's as may be, but (particularly with today's high density hard drives) it does make a difference. We have this problem occasionally with our 380 MB ESDI drives: format it lying flat, turn it on its side, and it starts acting flakey. Turn it flat again, it's OK. Gravity bends the arms a little, and with these high recording densities you start hitting the wrong bits. Just make sure you format the drive in the right orientation and don't try to run the drive upside down (as it's possible to do with some hardcards, apparently) it shouldn't be a problem. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"