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From: c60b-1eq@e260-1g.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Setting a PC on its Side
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.033540.19229@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 03:35:40 GMT
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In article <47696@ut-emx.uucp> dana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel Schneider) writes:
>Due to desk space constraints, I am playing with the idea of putting my 
>desktop style AT-size computer on its side, vertically, like a tower case.
>I have seen this done before, but I am hesitant to take a computer designed
>to function horizontally and ask it to function vertically.  Problems that
>come to mind are:
>1)  Proper Cooling

The difference in air flow is negligible.

>2)  Proper Functioning of Hard Disk and Floppy Disk Drives

You can put your computer upside-down and the hard disk should still
function perfectly (assuming it did before, that is).
Floppy drives are much less sensitive to shock than hard drives.  You
should not worry about them.

>I am concerned about long-term reliability.

Your computer hardware basically doesn't really care how it's rotated in
space.  It does care if it's being kicked, though, so if you opt to mount
it vertically on the floor be sure it's safe from abuse.


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