On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:02 +0100, Laurie Brown wrote:
As far as I'm aware, one can fit them any way except upside down. I gather there's a problem with the bearings that way, but have no personal experience of it.
Cheers, Laurie.
It seems modern drives can be mounted any way you like.
To quote from Seagate's datasheet on their Barracuda SATA drives http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/manuals/sata/100390001c.pdf
3.4Drive mounting You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes. See Figure 5 on page 33 for drive mounting dimensions. Follow these important mounting precautions when mounting the drive: •Allow a minimum clearance of 0.030 inches (0.76 mm) around the entire perimeter of the drive for cooling. •Use only 6-32 UNC mounting screws. •The screws should be inserted no more than 0.150 inch (3.81 mm) into the bottom or side mounting holes. •Do not overtighten the mounting screws (maximum torque: 6 inch-lb).
HTH
Chris