Citation

Ausschnitte aus den technischen Spezifikationen zur Zeit gängiger Plattenserien:

* Hitachi Deskstar 7K250: "The drive will operate in all axes (6 directions). Performance and error rate will stay within specification limits if the drive is operated in the other orientations from which it was formatted."

-> Erlaubt

* Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (Plus): "You can mount the drive in any orientation using four screws in the side-mounting holes or four screws in the bottom-mounting holes"

-> Erlaubt

* Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9: "The mounting holes on the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 60/80/120/160/200GB AT hard disk drives allow the drive to be mounted in any orientation.

...Drives can be mounted in any orientation. Normal position is with the PCB facing down."

-> Erlaubt

* Samsung Spinpoint P80: "The mounting holes on SpinPoint P80 hard disk drives allow the drives to be mounted in any direction."

-> Erlaubt

* Western Digital: "Physical mounting of the drive:
WD drives will function normally whether they are mounted sideways or upside down (any X, Y, Z orientation).

...The drive can be mounted sideways, on end, or even upside down as long as the mounting screws are used properly."

-> Erlaubt