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From: iisakkil@vipunen.hut.fi (Mika R Iisakkila)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Upside-Down (was Re: Setting a PC on its Side)
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Date: 27 Apr 91 11:42:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To: c60b-1eq@e260-1a.berkeley.edu's message of 26 Apr 91 00:14:41 GMT

c60b-1eq@e260-1a.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) writes:

> Yes, it will void the warranty.  But the hard drives should still
> function properly.  However, I would be hesitant with newer Seagates;

At the company I work for, a 300 meg server hard disk broke when it
was accidentally installed upside down. Can't remember the make of it,
but it wasn't a Seagate. I don't understand why anybody would want to
install a hard disk upside down, if the manual prohibits it in big
letters. It may work, but why should one try it?