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Old 12-06-2006, 11:28 PM   #1
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Ive seen some places that people have mounted their hard drives backwards for better cable management, and I was wondering if there is a special way you have to do this to make sure nothing is damaged. Ive tried looking for some guides but couldn't find any.
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Old 12-06-2006, 11:32 PM   #2
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Nah nothing special.. but if you have front case fans make sure all your cables are clear of them before you boot it up. And its easier to do with sata cables as they are smaller and such.
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right angle cables are our friends for this =)
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Old 12-17-2006, 12:13 PM   #4
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it looks nice and it doesnt take long to do that. i know in my case it made a huge difference.
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Theres nothing that can be done wrong doing that. I used to have it like that but now that i have front intake fans i dont have room. If you have big fingers like my dad it will be a real pain to plug those things in the sata cable is the worst especially if its short
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Does anyone else find it funny that this was reported as actual news on pcextreme.net
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loli found the link to it http://www.pcextreme.net/news/mounti...ves-backwards/
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Old 02-21-2007, 01:16 AM   #8
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could that be done with round IDE cables i don't have SATA
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Yes, it can be done with round IDE cables
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Well, it might be a bit harder to run the cables, but I guess you could
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lol, that's pretty funny that someone made an article about this on pcextreme.net. But this is a great idea that I had never thought about until I read the title of this thread. I may just have to flip my hard drive around sometime.
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I have done it with round IDE cables it took some time but i got it done it looks alot better.

There isn't any thing that needs to be done but stop and look to see if you have the room for it there are front intake fans.I have alot better air flow and looks good.My case temp droped.I now can keep my fans on low to med.
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you can even take flat, ribbon cables and make them round very easily - I do it all the time - makes them small and compact and easier to deal with.

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In my tsunami, I bent my HDD cage a little so i can turn the HDDs around. I have a ATA one and a SATA drive. both mounted backwards. I definetly need another Sata drive.
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you can even take flat, ribbon cables and make them round very easily - I do it all the time - makes them small and compact and easier to deal with.

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taking a guess here: you seperate all the individual wires from each other and then bundle them together with zip ties or such?
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taking a guess here: you separate all the individual wires from each other and then bundle them together with zip ties or such?
Thats exactly what i was thinking, i tryed it with an Fdd cable while back that my cat had gotten hold of, worked exceptionally nice.
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