The cd was thrown because it was spinning inside the drive (ie being read). The eject motor didn't eject any harder than usual. The real question is were the c

The cd was thrown because it was spinning inside the drive (ie being read). The eject motor didn't eject any harder than usual. The real question is were the computers destroyed or did they just reboot. I've got a welder in the garage that made my "garage computer" reboot whenever the arc is struck, but it caused no harm. Grounding the metal chassis of the old box (to a real earth ground) fixed it right up in any case.