can this bust my harddrive?

[jdizzle]

I'm thinking of building a case that would mount the hard drives in this position:

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Would that cause any problems?

 

[jpmkm]

What position is that? I can't tell what is supposed to be the hard drive in that picture. You can usually mount a hard drive in about any position and it won't matter much.

 

[lopoetve]

As long as it isn't touching circut board to metal, or submerging them, you're fine

 

[Ice Czar]

any position is fine with a modern HDD
even changing the orientation after an extended period is OK
it was not always so, but thats ancient history now

more importantly is oreinting it so its in an airstream for cooling

 

[xdviper]

yeh u can position hd vertical and hoziantal
just dont cover the hole on top of drive. and dont move it while it on, i did that to my old IBM and it died.

 

[Ice Czar]

Proper Handling

 

[jdizzle]

awesome. thanks. i was just doodling some prints for my case here.

Take a look and see if it makes any sense. The Side-in view got a little complicated, but basically it mounts my mobo with ports up, and the cdrom an inch and a half above where my cpu fan/heatsink is. The hd's are stacked one on top of the other, under the whole setup, and the PS has the sides taken off so air can go throug.