place pentium II processor vertically?

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Wendy R

Simple question...can I place my pentium II processor vertically rather than
horizontally in my pc station? I did that a few days ago and it seems to
make more noise now. May be how it's vibrating on the wood of the pc
station. Just want to make sure the placement is OK.

thanks,

Wendy
 
Your drives are not designed to run on their sides. It will cause extreme
wear and failure of the drives.

JAX
 
When you say processor I'm assuming you mean to say PC case, as the actual
processor can fit in only one way and only direction into it's socket on the
motherboard... In that case yes, it is no problem for it to be on it's side.
The extra noise that is generated is most likely due to the fan bearings,
which have been wearing down at a constant rate in a certain direction
(because of gravity) and are now suddenly being pulled into another
direction. So my advice is if you plan to keep the case on it's side then
invest in a couple of new fans, they're not that expensive and you'll lessen
the chance that they get stuck due to wear. Of course you can't do anything
about the bearing of your harddisk, short of replacing the whole disk...

Regards, Wichetael.
 
Actually most modern drives (from around the Pentium era) have been designed
to work correctly in angles up to 90 degrees... Most hardware from around
the Pentium 3 era is even designed to work correctly upside down, the only
thing that can cause problems is suddenly turning the drive upside down
after having been in one state for a long time. When you do that you do
start to get somewhat more wear and usually more noise from your drive
bearings. Though this is only an issue for harddisks, not for optical
drives, they work on a completely different principle.

Regards, Wichetael
 
Of course they say that to get out of warranty claims. They don't want to
have to replace drives that are used on their edges when they are not
designed to be used that way!

JAX
 
Oh and just curious, is that drive a Fluid Bearing drive, because then it
doesn't even introduce any extra wear no matter what orientation you put the
drive in...
 
I see that you just want to be argumentative. You have said nothing that
could possibly be of help to the OP. You don't know what kind of drives are
in the machine. The safest bet is to assume that it has no high-end
equipment installed. Not to mention that it probably has an optical device,
most of which will not function on their sides.

JAX
 
From WD website
Physical mounting of the drive
WD drives will function normally whether they are mounted sideways or upside down (any X, Y, Z orientation). Of course, the physical design of your system may limit the positions in which the drive can be mounted. However, in all cases, you should mount the drive with all four screws for good grounding. Also ensure that there is enough air space around the drive for adequate air flow, and avoid mounting the drive near sources of excessive heat (such as some CPUs)
 
Hi Querty,

I just re-read the paperwork that came with the new drive. It says something
about standing it on it's edge but that is not part of the mounting
instructions. I remembered it wrong, getting old you know. Non-the-less, if
it has a CD drive, more than likely, it will not function on it's side.

JAX

qwerty said:
From WD website:
Physical mounting of the drive:
WD drives will function normally whether they are mounted sideways or
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upside down (any X, Y, Z orientation). Of course, the physical design of
your system may limit the positions in which the drive can be mounted.
However, in all cases, you should mount the drive with all four screws for
good grounding. Also ensure that there is enough air space around the drive
for adequate air flow, and avoid mounting the drive near sources of
excessive heat (such as some CPUs).
 
Me in reply to the OP.

Wichetael said:
When you say processor I'm assuming you mean to say PC case, as the actual
processor can fit in only one way and only direction into it's socket on the
motherboard... In that case yes, it is no problem for it to be on it's side.
The extra noise that is generated is most likely due to the fan bearings,
which have been wearing down at a constant rate in a certain direction
(because of gravity) and are now suddenly being pulled into another
direction. So my advice is if you plan to keep the case on it's side then
invest in a couple of new fans, they're not that expensive and you'll lessen
the chance that they get stuck due to wear. Of course you can't do anything
about the bearing of your harddisk, short of replacing the whole disk...

Regards, Wichetael.
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Show me here where I've not been trying to help the OP with their problem...

With you, yes I'm just being argumentative as I've already been of as much
help to the OP as I can atm and you're just spewing garbage... Look at
qwerty's response, it shows that it doesn't matter one bit in what direction
a WD drive is mounted... As for optical drives, this has again not posed a
problem since about the Pentium era of computing, yes with my 2x drive on my
386, then it was a problem, you could get to about 75-80 degrees and then it
would begin getting read failures, but with later drives there has been no
problem whatsoever... I work parttime in a computer store and I've had
literally thousands of computers on their side to ease access to the
components and only one out of a possible four hundred or so give issues
trying to read discs when they're on their side. Why do you think drive
manufacturers make this little catches on the edges of the cd trays...
They're there to make sure the disc won't fall out of the tray when you open
a drive which is mounted at 90 degrees...
 
It's a shame I don't have any WD drives lying around here at home, I'd
gladly have taken a few pics of the drive... I'll check each and every type
of WD drive we have at work when I go to work again on wednesday...
 
Wichetalel,

I stand corrected in regard to the HD. The paperwork does say something
about standing the drive on edge but, it is not in reference to the mounting
position.

Most likely she has a CD drive and most of them will not function on their
sides though. Plus there is the issue of wear-in that you mentioned in your
first post.

JAX
 
Frank, it is pretty obvious that she didn't take the processor out of the
case and try to mount it somewhere by itself. The case orientation would
determine the orientation of all the components, now wouldn't it?
 
Do you people read the posts. The OP is talking about
their PII __processor__.
If they are talking about the case, it don't matter. HDD'S don't
matter how they are oriented either. COMPAQ's have their HDD's
placed in many different orientations.
 
Wow! lots of response...thanks. To clarify, I have an old IBM PC 300PL with
a Pentium II processer. We have a Maxtor 120 Gb HD and a Memorex CD
player/burner. Right now I have the whole unit on its side because that is
the only way it will fit into this new PC station. The CD player does seem
to work OK. One of my sons games doesn't work but I think its something to
do with an S3 graphics card that won't start for some reason. There is a lot
more noise coming from the unit....could be the fans as was mentioned.

I very much appreciate all the response. Should I call IBM and ask
them....or Maxtor...or Memorex? I know I've tried to contact manufacturers
before but without much luck. How would I go about asking them a question
like this?

Thanks to all for your input.
Wendy
 
Hi Wendy,

We got a little side-tracked. I thought it may be a little confusing for
you.

I will stand by my guns, in that I don't think it is a good idea to stand it
on it's side. As one of the other posters said, there is a matter of wear-in
of the drives, fans,etc. after they have been running in a certain
orientation for a while. I think, you will find yourself having to replace
components pre-maturely.

LOL, JAX
 
Maybe she ran 200 some odd little wires from the pins of the CPU and stuck
each one in it's corresponding hole in the CPU socket (-:
 
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