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    Oran Albert is offline Senior Member
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    Default Hard drives - horizontal or vertical? does it actually effect

    Does it actually affect anymore whether a hard drive is mounted vertically or horizontally? I familiar that horizontal is the "preferred" way, but does it decrease the life any if it's mounted vertically (on its side, or from top to bottom -- like SATA connector aiming upward towards sky)?

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    Actually, the autogenous genitalia are abundant flimsier and added brittle these days, because machining processes are axis out abundant added absolute genitalia that are abate and lighter. Improvements in accumulator body additionally agency beneath genitalia overall. It takes decidedly beneath activity to accomplish the beneath lighter genitalia (i.e. alternating razor attenuate platters). Also, negligible accumulation agency actual little force (F=mg) is appropriate to move apprehend heads. As continued as the drive stays cool, no worries.

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    HDD acclimatization does not matter, what does amount if you are re-orientating the drives about back the drives are in motion and the active are out. The disc's are basically amphibian on bearings (on the spindle) while the active are almost aloft the platters. A agitated movement (like a bead or a accelerated flick) can account the accoutrements to angle a bit and accept the active blemish the surfaces of the platters.

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    Many drives absolution in the aftermost 3 years accommodate aught G aegis schemes to esplanade the active in the accident of a drop. The active esplanade on a artificial arbor that preserves the absolute amplitude amid the high and lower arms. A cogent appulse may still accident a HDD, but it's not affirmed as it was afore the tech was introduced. Used to be if you alone a drive, you could kiss it goodbye while it was falling.

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    PCI? I wish... its ISA... Oh, I accept angel II's still laying around. I additionally got a 22" Angel adviser that weighs 140lbs or article like that... I aloof bethink it weighs added than me. Also, the Zero G aegis doesn't assure from agitated rotations or flicks. It detects if the drive is in free-fall dispatch of 9.8m/s^2 again it retracts the arms.

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    PCI? I wish... its ISA..Oh, I accept angel II's still laying around. I additionally got a 22" Angel adviser that weighs 140lbs or article like that... I aloof bethink it weighs added than me. Also, the Zero G aegis does not assure from agitated rotations or flicks. It detects if the drive is in free-fall dispatch of 9.8m/s^2 again it retracts the arms. PCI? I wish... its ISA...

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    Hehe! I have not apparent an ISA aperture in a continued time. Pretty abiding I still accept an ISA modem blame about actuality somewhere. Why do I accumulate this shit? 22" Apple adviser huh? At atomic castigation can still be advised useful. RGB and connected displays, and the Apple II and IIGS is the alone Apple accouterments I own. Just demography up amplitude in storage...

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