OT Computer question

Usually not unless it was designed with that possibility in mind (some old Sun workstations and Apple Macs were, but no machine I've seen in the last ten years). The air circulation may not work right and some of the parts might cook, and some of the circuit boards might work loose and fall out.

Have you considered mounting your sewing machine vertically on the wall?

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LOL Jack. Yeah, I get your point. However, I have *seen* some towers turned on their sides, but don't know if the person just took a chance or if their towers were made to work both ways. The manual has a long list of don'ts, but setting the tower on its side isn't one of them. Still...my first reaction was the same as yours.

Thanks, Michelle in Nevada

If you put it on its side, the cup holder won't work. Frank Reid

LOL! :-)

Michelle in Nevada

LOL. You are in rare form these days Frank!

LOL. You are in rare form these days Frank!

Frank stole my line!

amy in CNY

Not just the cd drive, the hard drive may not function properly long term if you change it's orientation. They are not really designed to function at any and every angle.

If you have an average machine it probably isn't a great notion.

NightMist

LOL about the upside down shower enclosure. :-)

As to the chat line, I'll have to look and see. It's an old e-machine--7 years old now. Slow but reliable. I've never really had a question about it until now.

Thanks for the thought. Michelle > Did your computer come with an online chat sort of help line? Mine's an

Crazy minds....er, er great minds think alike! ;-)

Michelle in Nevada

I may have to do something akin to your set-up Bonnie if I can't find out the answer for sure. Thanks for the thought. :-)

Michelle > I don't think that the CD drive would work if it were vertical (as it

Thanks NightMist!

Michelle > Not just the cd drive, the hard drive may not function properly long

It just happens that our computer geek person was at our house today, and I asked him your question. He said "No, No, No, and No!" He said you stand a very good chance of things being dislodged. He said you could damage the CD/DVD player and also any CD's or DVD's you would be playing. I also asked my SIL and he said basically the same thing with just more colorful language. The printable things he asked was if I was having a senior moment or heavily medicated. He is quite a character at times. I wouldn't do it no matter how much room I would save.

Sherry Starr

those 'towers' you see on their sides aka usually with the screen sitting on top of them are built on the inside to sit that way. if you put it upright like your tower is now it would not be good to run that way either. each is built to run according to that position and should not be put any other way to run it. its just asking for trouble if you try it. dont reckon its worth the worry. find another alternative keeping it upright. j.

"Michelle C." wrote ... Well, it's sort of OT. I'm trying to get more space in my sewing room and realized one thing that would help is if I could set my computer tower on its side and put it on a shelf, instead of having it on top of the table where it now sits. Does anyone know if it is safe to put a computer on its side?

Thanks! Michelle in Nevada

Hi

I'd have to agree with what everyone has said, but there is a but to this.

Many of the computers that we have ordered for our computer labs at school, which are Dells, have supposedly been designed to be placed either flat or standing up. They have little rubber footies on the side to lay down and similar footies to stand up. The cup holder, er, CD drive also has little clippy things that can be rotated so that if the drive is vertical, the CD won't fall out. They've been working now for more than 5 years, every day so they must be okay.

Now, granted, this is a specific example, but your machine could be similar. A typical tower though should not be layed on its side.

Steven Alaska

Hi Michelle

E-Mail the E-Machine support desk for the correct info re your model of PC

E-Mail form can be found on company home page

Corporate Headquarters Gateway, Inc.

7565 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, California 92618

Best wishs from That man in Chester UK Mike A

Michelle

Email me the name / model number of your PC.

I will try downloading a setup manual

Mike A