Summary: Hello, I was wondering if it is OK to mount a HDD upside down? I have run out of room and the only space available is at the bottom of the HDD cage, w...
Summary: Is it safe to mount a hard drive upside down? I'm attaching a 3rd HDD to my server box, just a 2 gig, but I don't have anymore room except to mount i...
Summary: I myself would never mount a hard drive upside down and therefore if you turn the computer upright, the hard drive will be upside down which is not re...
Summary: I've just fitted an AverTV GO series Tv tuner card. When I record anything with it, it replays the video upside-down. Any ideas as to what's causing t...
Summary: I have been running my HDD upside down for the last 12 months. (Have several and always swopping them so never put it in properly!). Only reason to wo...
Summary: This number of failures over such a short time does suggest something is wrong. Points I would check:- Are the hdd's mounted incorrectly (e.g. sideway...
Summary: Much has been written on this subject in previous posts with differing views. Whilst it appears a hdd will work in just about any plane (even upside d...
Summary: Hi everyone My (second) hard disk has some kind of option switched on which makes it power down after say 10min of no activity. I want it to keep spin...
Summary: I would like to know the best recommended ways in which to mount my hard disk, and the downsides to mounting them on its side or upside down.. thanks ...
Summary: The idea would be to somehow cancel out the energy being transferred to the case due to the angular momentum of the spinning disks inside the hard dri...
Summary: I'm currently shopping for a new video card as my 2 year old x1900 xt went dead on me recently. However as I've researched replacements and am findin...
Summary: Depending on which SATA header on the mboard you have that hard drive connected to, the drive must be jumpered as master or slave, as well as, in your...
Summary: "...Does putting your monitor upside down destroy it, while it is off?" Everything on the board inside the monitor sits in slots in the lower part of ...
Summary: First thing to do is to unplug the system from the wall, wait about 30 seconds, then plug it back in to see if that will allow it to turn on again. If...
Summary: You have several issues to correct. 1st of all, it doesn't sound like your BIOS is properly configured. Always adjust your settings manually, do NOT d...
Summary: Am afraid you might be pretty out of luck! You may still try one thing though, Using a single IDE ribbon cable with the HDD attached to the extreme id...
Summary: Go into system BIOS (press 'DEL' at very first startup screen), and set Hard drive detection for 'auto-detect.' Also, double check that the data cable...
Summary: If you look at the case you will see vent "slits" gaps. Clear any dust from them. If you turn you laptop upside down you should see a grid/mesh. Clear...
Summary: Been reading up on psu's here and settled on an Antec in the 350 to 400w range. However, I noted that the second fan is in the top of the psu and mine...
Summary: If you tried connecting an ide cable upside down, and if one of the holes in its connector is blanked, you will have bent a pin on the hdd. This needs...
Summary: Hey spark If you get the drive to work at all you will be lucky. You don't want to spend alot of time messing with short cables. Stuart is correct...
Summary: I would triple check the cards and cables. You did not put the battery in upside down? Mybe new battery is bad. do you hear any hdd activety? also che...
Summary: a) Have a look in the bios and check the boot device order. If cd and/or floppy before hdd, have you left a non-bootable media in one of these units? ...
Summary: Or you could try "reversing" the cable. Assuming that your cable is like this: 1____________________2__________3 You have connector 1 on the MB and th...
Summary: You haven't specifically said whether your computer bios is recognizing the SATA drive with the jumper that forces it into 150mbps mode installed. Ac...
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