Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!nghiem From: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Standing Mac II Base Unit on end: is this safe? Summary: Do NOT stand Mac II on its end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do NOT stand Mac II on its end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do NOT stand Mac II on its end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <7041@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 19 Oct 88 01:37:44 GMT References: <3434@cs.utexas.edu> <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU> <316@ivucsb.UUCP> Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 31 In article <316@ivucsb.UUCP>, steve@ivucsb.UUCP (Steve Lemke ) writes: > In article <4215@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes: > >The only thing that I know of that you need to be careful about is > >that the mac draws cooling air in from the side, so it needs to be > >clear of the floor. If your floor is shag carpeted you will want to > >make sure that the intake is well clear of the rug. > > Actually, I believe that it blows air _out_ the left (bottom) side. I say > _bottom_ assuming that you are standing it up on the left side, which seems > to be the preferred side because a) the disk drives are at the top of the > machine, and b) the reset/int buttons are more accessible. NO! NO! NO! The internal Hard Drive in a Mac II is mounted side to side, NOT fore and aft as in a PC. Hard Drives, like the Seagate series, and probably others, are designed the be mounted flat, or on one edge or the other. In a Mac II, turning the system unit on either side would stand the Hard Disk on its face or on its rear. Seagate specifically says that standing one of their units on its face or its rear will VOID the warranty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nghiem@emx.utexas.edu "Why? Because we LIKE you !!"