[comp.sys.mac.hardware] SE/30 on side?

<JAYMS@CUNYVM.BITNET> (05/31/91)

Can one use the SE/30 with internal HD lying flat on its side. I'd
like to use one as a file server and it only fits in a cabinet I have
sideways. Is this OK? Any special side to use, left or right, to ly it on?
Has anyone done this successfully? Please repsond directly to me. THANKS!

Mike_Dustan@ucs.sfu.ca (Mike Dustan) (06/03/91)

In article <91150.191403JAYMS@CUNYVM.BITNET> JAYMS@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
> Can one use the SE/30 with internal HD lying flat on its side. 

I wouldn't recommend this myself, not because of the drive but because of 
cooling problems. Not having an SE/30, I don't know if it has a fan, but 
even if it does it sounds like your space is so tight you couldn't get 
proper air flow through the Mac.

Cheers

chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) (06/04/91)

In article <1991Jun3.163631.10166@newsserver.sfu.ca> Mike_Dustan@ucs.sfu.ca (Mike Dustan) writes:
>In article <91150.191403JAYMS@CUNYVM.BITNET> JAYMS@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
>> Can one use the SE/30 with internal HD lying flat on its side. 
>
>I wouldn't recommend this myself, not because of the drive but because of 
>cooling problems. Not having an SE/30, I don't know if it has a fan, but 
>even if it does it sounds like your space is so tight you couldn't get 
>proper air flow through the Mac.

Not to mention getting a cramp in the neck after hours of sitting like
this: 8-)  [literally!]

8-)
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