Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!ox.com!math.fu-berlin.de!uniol!Arne.Gehlhaar From: Arne.Gehlhaar@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Arne Gehlhaar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Setting a PC on its Side Message-ID: Date: 26 Apr 91 08:00:08 GMT References: <5594@mindlink.bc.ca> Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany Lines: 18 Robert_Bell@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Bell) writes: >I've been using a desktop AT on its side for the last couple of months and have >had no adverse effects so far.Just make sure it has adaquate cooling and is >well supported and not liable to fall over. Well, I just don't have enough space on my desk, so I had to put my PC on it's side too. I haven't noticed any problem either. Actually, I think position is even advantagous (sp?). I have a hard disk in one of my ext. slots, so in the ''normal`` position, it would turn vertically. Now that I have the computer standing on it's side, it turns horizontally (the hard disk, I mean), which, I was told once, is better for the drive. One problem is, though, that my 5.25` drives are now in vertical postion, but since I do not use them as frequently, I think it does not do any harm. And fall over it won't either, I have it standing between the table and a shelf :) Greetings, Arne