722 placed on its side okay??

[goldengoose]

We just dished it up to a 722
the installer place it on its side

Will it operate safely if left in this position? Wondering if it would hurt any of the drives or other internal equipment?

 

[iwannarock1]

no problems, just like laying your computer on it's side, it works fine

 

[goldengoose]

thanks for the quick information--

 

[Pepper]

As long as none of the vent holes are obstructed you should be ok.

 

[garys]

Yes, if vent holes are obstructed, it will lead to overheating which leads to very big problems. Wondering why installer would place it like that without discussing it with customer first?

 

[sdschramm]

If you need it on its side, make a "platform" for it first. that way the bottom would be raised a little for venting. Maybe something like this? I don't know.

 

[garys]

If you need it on its side, make a "platform" for it first. that way the bottom would be raised a little for venting. Maybe something like this? I don't know.

Like what?

Nevermind, found it. I'd be worried about air flo as well.

 

[David_Levin]

Yea, I'd be worried about the airflow.

My 622 gets much hotter on the left side (I assume the 722 does too). Probably closer to the HDD. If you stand it on the left side you might be tending to get components hotter then the should be.

Aren't there vents on the sides of the box ?

 

[darrencp22]

These units go pretty hot without proper ventialltion. I would avoid keeping the unit on it's side.

 

[goldengoose]

I'll check the vent holes and also if we need to keep it there will check on those playstation stands.

I think we can change it. It is on its left side right now-- so thanks again.

 

[rthomp03]

If I remember some earlier threads, the output vents are on the left side and input on the right. I would be very concerned about a 622/722 on its side. I had heat issues with a horizontal placement with the left side too close to the cabinet wall. I slid the unit 2" to the right and my temp dropped 7 degrees.

 

[Cyclone]

I had put my Dish 6000 on its side at one point in time. It didn't take long before it really started to act flakey. Menu lock ups, channel change problems, etc...

Once I returned it to its normal position, all of the problems went away. So keep that in mind if you start to see anomalies.

 

[Smith P.]

Standing on left side is worst case - all heat from power supply, HDD and chips will flow to a fan and it will create 'convected oven' inside.

 

[goldengoose]

I think just to be safe we will rearrange its location to horizontal.