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Title: CD blew up
Post by: DeTaiLs on July 14, 2004, 11:06 PM
last night i was playing diablo 2 and i hear this loud bang and i look at my comp and the cd rom was half open and there was a dent on the side of my case when i took apart my comp the cd was in million of peices and it cut my cord going to my cd rom to the hard drive
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Hitmen on July 14, 2004, 11:16 PM
http://www.blizzard.com/support/?id=mall0133p
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Zorm on July 14, 2004, 11:38 PM
Pictures please!
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: DeTaiLs on July 14, 2004, 11:42 PM
my parents are to jewish to get a digital camera i wish i had a pic thow
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: muert0 on July 15, 2004, 12:27 AM
The pieces of cd went through your drive and cut the power chord in the back?
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: DeTaiLs on July 15, 2004, 10:49 AM
Dont ask me how it manged to happen but if u watched myth busters there was a problem befor with this happen
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Tuberload on July 15, 2004, 02:08 PM
Quote from: Twix on July 15, 2004, 10:49 AM
Dont ask me how it manged to happen but if u watched myth busters there was a problem befor with this happen

I saw that episode and the proved it true I believe. Been awhile I can't quite remember.
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Akamas on July 15, 2004, 02:16 PM
I saw this "myth" on a show called myth busters, and they proved that a normal cd rom drive cannot blow up a disc. Bare inmind if you warm up the disc ahead of time say in the microwave it will blow up much easier.

When they performed their test they used a router motor, and attached it to the slot where the disc clicks onto. Once it was turned on at peak RPM's it would blow up. But when tested on an average cd rom drive, the disc wasn't affected.
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Hitmen on July 15, 2004, 02:28 PM
A CD generally only "blows up" in the drive if it has a crack on the inner ring of the disk. I saw this happen to many many people when I used to read the battle.net boards.
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Akamas on July 15, 2004, 02:30 PM
Yah, that sounds about right.
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: Tuberload on July 15, 2004, 02:34 PM
Quote from: Akamas on July 15, 2004, 02:16 PM
I saw this "myth" on a show called myth busters, and they proved that a normal cd rom drive cannot blow up a disc. Bare inmind if you warm up the disc ahead of time say in the microwave it will blow up much easier.

When they performed their test they used a router motor, and attached it to the slot where the disc clicks onto. Once it was turned on at peak RPM's it would blow up. But when tested on an average cd rom drive, the disc wasn't affected.

That's right. I forgot it was only effective on the routor and not an actual CD-ROM.
Title: Re:CD blew up
Post by: MichaeL on July 17, 2004, 09:59 PM
Werent they using like a 50x cd-burner?