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the fun ones were the 54x hardware that would explode the disks!
by inetknght 9y ago
the fun ones were the 54x hardware that would explode the disks!
- KGIII 9y agoIt's a bit more complicated than that. http://blog.cdrom2go.com/2011/02/can-a-cd-rom-disc-explode-in-a-drive/ http://blog.cdrom2go.com/2011/02/can-a-cd-rom-disc-explode-i... You can do it, but it takes some effort. CDs don't typically suffer structural failure at normal operation speeds...
- mickronome 9y agoA neighbor of mine actually had a disc explode in his drive. I couldn't believe it at first, but sure enough, the drive sounded like a maraca when I shook it.
- snuxoll 9y agoMy Diablo II disk shattered in my mothers PC when I was in the 7th grade, we were both rather upset (me because I lost my game disc in the era they were still used for anti-piracy, her because she needed to buy a new CD drive).
- Dylan16807 9y agoWhat happened to the drive mechanism? I've had a (previously damaged) CD explode and I just had to pour the pieces out.
- KGIII 9y agoOh, it has happened but it's very much an anomaly.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoI still have a 52x drive in an old PC. It will always take about 5 seconds to spin to max (sounding like a jet takeoff), even if a single sector needs to be read from it.