Flitterkill January 30, 2013 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member January 30, 2013 You work with computers long enough you'll see everything. Cleaning office. Stack of cd-roms; maybe 8+ years old or so. Do I need them? Lets take a look whats on these things... And now I can add "cd-rom exploding inside dvd-rom drive" to the list of entertaining computer events I've experienced. Silver flakes and plastic shards everywhere. Had to use a garden trowel to wedge out some pieces that got stuck at a 90 degree angle deep inside the drive. Surprisingly, the drive is fine - at least reading; not sure I'll trust it for burning though... Why did it go explodey? No idea... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat January 30, 2013 Share walkingCat Member January 30, 2013 (edited) here shard A new word in my vocabulary, thanks. Edited January 30, 2013 by walkingCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill January 30, 2013 Author Share Flitterkill GC Board Member January 30, 2013 Well let me expand on my description (really? lmgtfy?) Seated correctly, no cracks. When everyone started rocking burnable cd-roms 10+ years ago the worry was ink degradation rendering the disc data unusable. Never in a million years did I think I'd have to worry about the plastic degrading so that the worry now becomes cd-roms exploding in the drive. It was impressive... When it went, it went with a really loud bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs January 30, 2013 Share Biggs GC Alumni January 30, 2013 (edited) Must have been one of those self-destructing data discs from mission impossible VI Edited January 30, 2013 by Biggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat January 30, 2013 Share walkingCat Member January 30, 2013 Well let me expand on my description (really? lmgtfy?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude January 30, 2013 Share TheDude Member January 30, 2013 I can make out an M, P and a G. Perhaps you were checking out MPG's new music and the sheer awesomeness exploded your drive? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amertrash January 30, 2013 Share amertrash Member January 30, 2013 Impressive. I'm guessing the CD had physical damage/flaws that you couldn't/didn't see, as polycarbonate doesn't really break down unless exposed to long term UV. These guys tested CDs all the way up to 175X(35,000RPM) way back in 2003, and never had one come apart until they released it from the shaft - then they fly across the room, up walls, and explode. You can find plenty of video on Youtube now too, and Mythbusters did an episode on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest January 30, 2013 Share lousiest Member January 30, 2013 lol Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs January 30, 2013 Share Biggs GC Alumni January 30, 2013 (edited) Well let me expand on my description (really? lmgtfy?) *picture* Sadly, clicking on the giant red fail button didn't play a sound effect To make up for it Edited January 30, 2013 by Biggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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