Simviation Forum - Shattered CD

Jun 19^th, 2004 at 8:17pm

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I had a CD ROM my son likes to play on his computer. It wasn't working and I noticed some circular scratches on it like maybe his CD ROM drive had scratched it. I put the CD into my computer to see if it would work. The game menu came up. I had to leave for a few minutes. When I returned there was some error message on the screen. I don't remember what it was but when I opened the CD drive to remove the CD it was shattered into about a hundred pieces. Has anybody seen this happen before?

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Reply #1 - Jun 19^th, 2004 at 8:59pm

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A long time urban ledgend proven by the "Myth Busters". When spun up over 52X, a CD can shatter. The CD is actually spun in the drive so fast, the G forces pile up and the disc suffers catostrophic failure. It has happened before but it's not very common. Discs that have been damaged or are being used in a 56X drive are more likely to fail.

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Reply #2 - Jun 19^th, 2004 at 9:48pm

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I'll bet you're right. My CD ROM is a 48X but it had some pretty good scratches in it. I didn't really expect the game to work but I never thought I'd see one shatter like that.

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Reply #3 - Jun 19^th, 2004 at 10:38pm

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First time I've heard of it Shocked

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Reply #4 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 1:42am

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it has happened to me. the cloud of cusses that was above me that day was amazing. it took forever to clean up all those little pieces. I don't remember exactly how it happened. i just remember an awful noise and then the profanity began.

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Reply #5 - Jun 20^th, 2004 at 9:23am

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I've had this happen to me. It was a x58 Drive too. Unfortunatly it was Janes USAF in the drive. A game I was really enjoying too. There I was re-installing it. It started whirring. I put on ITV as instructed by Dad because the first missles were hitting Baghdad that night. I hear an awful "clunk" and the tray doesn't open...when it finally does I've got a jigsaw to complete.

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Reply #6 - Jun 21^st, 2004 at 1:06am

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nope, thank heavens, Touching Wood.......

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Reply #7 - Jun 22^nd, 2004 at 12:31pm

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I've got an MSI 52x CD/RW drive, its got a speed restriction setting, 52x speed can and does shatter cheap CD's.

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Reply #8 - Jun 30^th, 2004 at 6:09am

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I would back up first on that kind of speed, unless it was a normal spd of you machine(mine is 48X)
I have not heard of this happening verbatum!
however it is always good to have a copy of your work ad hoc...
So therefore you only need the vac and not the Doc. Cheesy