Another CD drive explosion - and neither Pioneer nor Interplay will offer a replacement disc; perhaps someone here can?

[Jeff7]

What does DMCA stand for? I can't make sense of the acronym. 😱
Is there a link to the text of that law/policy?

 

[kgraeme]

Digital Millenium Copyright Act

 

[Jeff7]

Holy crap. I was reading a PDF file that was already 18 pages long; then I discover that it's only a summary! Then I found the full version (I think) - 59 pages! Geez....

 

[AnMig]

heres an Idea

Use CD labels on your cdrs , this should prevent it from shattering like windshields, by keeping the pieces together






peace

this is another excuse to back up your commonly used discs

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: AnMig
heres an Idea

Use CD labels on your cdrs , this should prevent it from shattering like windshields, by keeping the pieces together

Perhaps; thing is though, this wasn't a CD-R - this was a "high quality" original CD. 🙁
Plus, the CD's are spinning so fast, I don't know that a little paper with adhesive would do much. Anyone here care to test the theory? 😉

Some CD's have some good copy protection too - Homeworld: Cataclysm is a good example - anything I use to copy it is no good - when the game loads, it checks the disc, realizes it's not an original, and immediately exits. Tried CD-Clone - no good; tried Nero with Raw copying enabled, no good either. I'm getting a Liteon 40x12x48 drive soon; maybe it'll support the correct modes to duplicate any CD.

 

[Valinos]

try going toGameCopyWorld for a no-cd crack. I use them all the time for all the damn annopying games that require I have a CD in the drive. Considering I'm on a dual 1800+ I'm usually ripping and encoding DVDs/CDs at the same time I'm playing a game, so I had to nip that problem in the ass.

 

[ElDonAntonio]

well lucky for you it wasn't a slot-loading drive!!! 🙂

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: ElDonAntonio
well lucky for you it wasn't a slot-loading drive!!! 🙂

Heheh, good point - the drive is pretty much at eye level. I've even read about CD's flying apart so violently that they blasted the front off of the tray and shot out of the drive completely.
I notice something that may have helped contribute to the weakening of the disc - I just took a CD out of the drive, and it is cooking! It's at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit! I understand why it would get hot, as all 4 of my 5.25" bays are used - NeqQ Equalizer, DVD drive, CD-RW drive, and primary HDD (7200rpm) with a heatsink). I just don't see any good way of cooling them all though. There's just no space for air to flow.