Installing hard Drive upsiedown

frenchie29 · June 24th, 2007

Would it affect anything to install an IDE hard drive upside down???

Dr. V · June 24th, 2007

Well right off the bat, not saying anything else, make sure the "DO NOT COVER THIS" hole is NOT COVERED!!!

Past that, I just would advise against it cuz the reading device would be trying to read the disk on top of it instead of staying right side up, I'm not sure just how that would affect anything, but to be safe if I didn't know, I wouldn't do it.

halutzparilla · June 24th, 2007

it really doesnt matter, for as long the HDD is secure in the bay...
ive installed HDD upsidedown sideways and it dont matter... work perfectly fine....

Dread · June 24th, 2007

Yup, same here, every which way is fine as long as it is secure.

**gvblake22** · June 24th, 2007

May I ask why you want to install it upside down?
As others have mentioned, it shouldn't make a difference. The most important thing is to make sure the drive is level. If it is at an odd angle, it may introduce wobble and cause a crash of the read head (and subsequently drive failure).

frenchie29 · June 24th, 2007

the reason why is that's my old PC that I use for the net only I have two IDE drives in there one is running at around 40C and the seagate 500 is running at around 58 there were both stacked up in the drive cage wich has space for 2 drives only so I deceided to seperate them one at the top of the cage and one right underneath upside down. At the bottom of the drive cage there's 4 brackets with HDD written upside down (pretty clever I guess) I just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't matter

Thanks alot!!!

Elysium · June 24th, 2007

I don't think it would make a difference.

halutzparilla · June 24th, 2007

58C it doesnt sound okie... you need a HDD cooler...

frenchie29 · June 24th, 2007

Since I installed that drive at the bottom I read 47 49C I need to find a solution too cool off those drives
I already have a full bay duct with 2 fans at the front 1 80 at the back!!!

**Hitman** · June 25th, 2007

Like already mentioned you can mount a HD upside down, sideways, up against a wall. As long as she is secure your GTG.

June 24th, 2007	#1
frenchie29 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 177	Installing hard Drive upsiedown Would it affect anything to install an IDE hard drive upside down??? Intel Q6600 Corsaire 2x1gb XMS2 GIGABYTE 965P-DQ6 BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320 OCZ EvoStream 720w XP PRO

June 24th, 2007	#2
Dr. V Yes - the Doctor is back. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,761	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown Well right off the bat, not saying anything else, make sure the "DO NOT COVER THIS" hole is NOT COVERED!!! Past that, I just would advise against it cuz the reading device would be trying to read the disk on top of it instead of staying right side up, I'm not sure just how that would affect anything, but to be safe if I didn't know, I wouldn't do it.

June 24th, 2007	#3
halutzparilla ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach Posts: 1,704	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown it really doesnt matter, for as long the HDD is secure in the bay... ive installed HDD upsidedown sideways and it dont matter... work perfectly fine.... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

June 24th, 2007	#4
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 674	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown Yup, same here, every which way is fine as long as it is secure. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU

June 24th, 2007	#5
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,481 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown May I ask why you want to install it upside down? As others have mentioned, it shouldn't make a difference. The most important thing is to make sure the drive is level. If it is at an odd angle, it may introduce wobble and cause a crash of the read head (and subsequently drive failure).

June 24th, 2007	#7
Elysium Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,407	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown I don't think it would make a difference. E8400 DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL 4GB G.Skill 800MHz Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512MB Silverstone DA650W WD 250GB + Seagate 320GB

June 25th, 2007	#10
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,595 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Installing hard Drive upsiedown Like already mentioned you can mount a HD upside down, sideways, up against a wall. As long as she is secure your GTG.

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