luce@aurs01.UUCP (J. Luce) (04/12/91)
OK, so there are some reasons as to why one should not put the machine
on its side. However, I do it and have only a Hercules M/G clone
half-card and HD Controller 1/2 card in slots. Everything works well
save for one thing: When I shut off the computer the CMOS (this is a
Hyundai 286-10 AT) loses all its data. When it's flat on a desk, it
doesn't. The connection to the MB is solid? Any ideas?
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-------------------------------- or John.Luce@f130.n151.z1.fidonet.org jeg@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (John E. Girard) (04/18/91)
I've heard these arguements about on the side versus flat for years and I'm sure getting tired of them! In the last 8 years I have worked with Tandy, Compaq, XT, AT, various clones and Suns in all sorts of positions and as long as the ventilation is not impaired, it makes not difference. The guy who loses CMOS on-the-side clearly has a unique mechanical fault (or else there is a leak in his substrate :-) Has anyone noticed that the same components go into tower cases as go into desktop cases? There aren't special motherboards for "vertical markets" >:-> -- John Girard New Science Associates, Inc. jeg@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG VOICE: 415-968-3324 ************************** FAX: 415-968-0862
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (04/22/91)
In article <1991Apr17.180001.28450@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> jeg@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (John E. Girard) writes: > I've heard these arguements about on the side versus flat for years > and I'm sure getting tired of them! That's as may be, but (particularly with today's high density hard drives) it does make a difference. We have this problem occasionally with our 380 MB ESDI drives: format it lying flat, turn it on its side, and it starts acting flakey. Turn it flat again, it's OK. Gravity bends the arms a little, and with these high recording densities you start hitting the wrong bits. Just make sure you format the drive in the right orientation and don't try to run the drive upside down (as it's possible to do with some hardcards, apparently) it shouldn't be a problem. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"