Exploding Cd!!!!!!
 

:( Any body ever had a cd rom explode in the Drive????

I just sat down to play Unreal Tournament and while making a Image of the CD to mount on a Virtual drive with `Alcohol 52%` the damn thing exploded in the drive. Don`t think it was damaged at all.
Make me Jump!!!, I nearly Shiite meself :D :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes:

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That was some explosion! http://bestsmileys.com/eek/2.gif

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:D Wonder if thats what they meant by a `Cracked` copy :LOL: :D :disturbd:

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You're just lucky you didn't get any bits of flying plastic in your eye.

I've never seen an exploding cd before - but I have seen the inside of a deathstar after a 'failure' which was a mess.

http://www.paintbug.com/cdexplode/

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That can happen if the CD is unbalanced by putting too much weight on one side of it (sticker).

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No sticker on it and it was actually a genuine paid for game.:D

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Had a 100x cd rom drive once (dont know why they are not available anymore)

Put a disc in but then decided to eject it. I did not realise it was still spinning and as soon as I touched it it went crazy and span off :eek:

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it has been known.

They replicated it on Mythbusters...

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ah the mythbuster 1 i saw that 1 lol

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I found regularly used CD's et stress fractures starting to appear in the middle of the disc, eventually these will shatter.

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Not me personally, but a friend has.

This is a known problem because companies are trying to a) increase speed of reading CDs and b) bring down the cost of producing them, thus using cheaper (and sometimes thinner) materials.

The problem is that the two goals are, to some point, mutually incompatible with the risk that a flawed or weakened CD can simply shatter under the stresses involved.

Of course that doesn't make it any better if it happens to you...! :Yikes:

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yep has happened 2 me with a windows 98cd shattered into tiny bits thought the psu had blown think it's caused by the cd not sitting/placed in the tray properly...hmmm wonder if anyone has modded a projectile firing cd/dvd-rom

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Ive had one split in to five large chunks. the CD rom drive survived, but it sure made me jump.

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it happens because of cheap cd/dvd cases that don't correctly sit the disk in them unless you apply too much pressure. This causes tiny fractures that are barely visible and can shatter when your drive reaches full speed.

It's happened to me on two occasions now :(

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2006/07/10.gif to the forum Shabba

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to the batcave Robin?

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If you still have them, put all the bits in a plastic sealable bag & post them off to the manufacturer & ask for a replacement.

Quote the sale of goods act & being fit for the purpose etc :D :D

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Haha yeah, I saw that too. IIRC they said it was plausible due drives being able to spin the discs faster than their physical limitations but very very unlikely to happen. All iirc though ofc ;)

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[eric-cartman]that will be why[/eric-cartman]

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100x cd-roms don't really run at 100x it kind of cheats by caching to the hdd

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Yeah, damn Luke Skywalker :)

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Is there a dent in your ceiling now?

There would be if it happened to me:shocking:

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I jumped like Fcuk and just ripped the power cable from the case!
I thought my Beloved AN7 had gone to Silicon Heaven!:D

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High-speed drives stress the CD - especially if it's not balanced. This causes micro-fractures radiating from the hole in the middle, which over time can cause the CD to shatter. It's more than possible that shards will be ejected from the drive at high speed - watch your jugular :D

It might be a myth but I heard that MS CD's are prone to it :erm:

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You DO know what I'm actually referring to right ;):)

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IBM/Hitachi ???????:Yikes: :td:
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The main vein stays intact!:D
My Jugular`s fine mate!
All the bits were contained in the drive, the only time i`ve seen this before was with Artec Drives a few years ago.:disturbd:

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/me lucky me has backup image files of XP (with and w/o SP2 slipstreamed), office, etc etc etc...

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One of the Copyright companies made dvd discs that would play ok in a correct dvd player, but in a pc drive that spins faster would shatter.....nice!:Yikes: