byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (05/06/90)
I thought about turning my machine on its side, called seven different manufacturers and 15 different computer store technical/service departments. No consensus, but the majority tended to "guess" that unless the machine was designed or engineered to stand on end (i.e. IBM PS/2), it probably wouldn't be the best thing in the world. Makes good common sense to me. Matt Byer byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
herrj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jonathan R. Herr) (05/07/90)
In article <19500066@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >I thought about turning my machine on its side, called seven different >manufacturers and 15 different computer store technical/service departments. > >No consensus, but the majority tended to "guess" that unless the machine >was designed or engineered to stand on end (i.e. IBM PS/2), it probably >wouldn't be the best thing in the world. Makes good common sense to me. > > >Matt Byer >byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Common sense? C'mon! I can understand the worry about the drive heads on a drive not quite being in alignment with a previously different orientation. The only thing I could possibly see as "harmful" would be warping the cards due to gravity and maybe heat. I don't think gravity will have much the same effect on the travel of electrons. Of course, there is the possibility of additions to the machine that may specify an orietation. This is getting to be like the "half full/half empty" debate. If you don't feel comfortable putting your machine on it's side, don't! I've got two machines. One's been sitting horizontally for the last nine months and the other on its side(although, not running.) The first has been running for 90+ hours a week while the other is just sitting after having been thought to be destroyed by heat from a house fire. Both are working just fine(I just tested the mother board and cards today.). If one gives out because of its orientation, I'll be sure to let everyone know and extend a thousand apologies. ==|Jonathan R. Herr|---|herrj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu|---|Standard Disclaimer|== = And If you feel that you can't go on. And, your will is sinking low. = = Just believe and you can't go wrong. In the light you will find the road. = ================================|Led Zeppelin|=================================
jh5y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jordan Powell Hargrave) (05/07/90)
I've had my PC (Zeos '286) on it's side for almost a year now, with no problems. IMHO, there is no reason why standing a computer on its side should cause problems, I mean, look at tower systems; their motherboards and cards are oriented that way. Some systems even orient the drives vertically, too. Oh, well, just my 2 shillings and 6 pence worth. :-> */\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\** Jordan Hargrave | Email: |USnail: Jordan Hargrave ** Carnegie Mellon | jh5y+@andrew.cmu.edu | 1000 Morewood Ave Box 3277 ** | | Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ** \/\/\/\/\- Today has been cancelled due to lack of interest. -/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/*
lord@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dave Lord) (05/07/90)
Well NCR apparently approves placing their PC's either on their side or on end. In our facility I'd say 90% are standing on end. Recently some of the service people from another facility have noticed a rash of hard drive failures in systems standing on the floor. They note that in every case the inside of the system was extremely dusty and blame the problem on dust. Don't know what brand of disk drives are being used.