wow, just had a CD_ROM Explode inside my drive

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Lifer
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I put in a CD_ROM for a upgrade and i heard it spin up then i hard a loud POP!. I thought a Power supply in one of my servers just blew. So im walking around sniffing for ozone and dont smell any. So i go back to the PC im upgrading and notice the autorun for the program hasnt started. I double clicked on my computer and it says there isnt media in the cd rom. hummmmmm

i open the tray and hundreds of small pieces of the cd_rom fall out!!! there is still some left in there, my tray will close but opens back up :|

Has this ever happend to any of you? First time for me.

UPDATE: my drive is dead. :| :| :|

Hey VtRaider, i read all of your thread and i noticed something. It seems that many of these exploding CD's have been happening on Dell systems. Im calling them tomorrow when i get back to the office and bitching and getting a new drive.
 
308nato

308nato

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Do a google search on exploding cdr's. I just read an article on some techie site last week **with pics** with the low down on that. can't remember where though. Sorry.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

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Yup, happened to me - my drive is only a 40x (16x-DVD drive, works as 40x CD-ROM as well), and it blasted my Giants Citizen Kabuto disc1 to pieces. The inside of the drive suffered minor damage, but it still works.
 
shiner

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I had that happen once when I was working ona friend's PC. He had some crap brand 56X CDROM that ran hotter than hell all the time. Anyway......I had put a new vid card in his system and had the driver CD in there, it started spinning up and then there was this horrible screaching sound and then a bang......his system hung and when we rebooted it and tried to start the driver update again it wouldn't read the CD.....tried ejecting it but it wouldn't come out....I finally took his CD drive apart and there were little shards of the CD everywhere.....made him go buy a Lite On drive and lectured him about using generic whatever was on sell at Best Buy crap in his system....
 
kranky

kranky

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It's probably the media, not the drive's fault. I was reading recently that this is becoming more of a problem because the high-speed drives rotate the media so fast, the least little imperfection in the CD's balance causes too much stress and it fractures. The article said higher speed CD drives are impractical now unless the speed improvements are achieved by using multiple heads (in which case it won't have to spin so fast).
 
Squisher

Squisher

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Sounds like you still have some debris in there. Hard to believe that something as light as a cdrom could shatter if it stops spinning about it's center and is flung to the side of the tray. I mean it's just a few millimeters.

Maybe I should wear a hardhat after I install that 15K rpm HD I have coming my way.
 
schdaddy

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this has happened a few times where i work at
just take the drive apart remove all the pieces & sprayed out the insides
after that, usually, the drive works no probs - but we have had to replace some drives that cleaning didn't work
 
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I wonder what would happen if one exploded in one of those slot-loading Pioneer DVD drives? If you have your computer up on your desk it could take an eye out!
 
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Originally posted by: Citrix
I dunno but its on my brand new Dell Dimension 4400 :|:(
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Errr..... that's interesting. The 4400 was last years model.... where'd you get it brand new?

In my experience, most of the newer dells have Samsung drives in them.

Jugs
 
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bizmark

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here's a link scientifically testing CD-ROM explosion.

A 64x drive using CLV would have to rotate the disc with 33,920 rpm when reading an inner track, exposing the hub of the disk to a tangential force of some 45 N/mm2. A point on the periphery of the disc will be moving with 213 metres per second, slightly more than half the speed of sound. Can the disc take that?

The answer is no. A powerful no.

At about 52x, i.e. 27,500 rpm, most manufacturer's CDs blew up in a rain of plastic particles, leaving their marks on the premises. The result was a pile of shimmering plastic chips.
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Also note that the whining of the motor, the vibrations in the walls and the roaring of the CD-ROM disc, not unlike the sound of a crashing jet aeroplane, was impressive, and of course drew great interest from the staff at neighbouring laboratories.

When the disc fractured, there was a sharp bang and the test chamber was filled with shimmering, glittering shrapnel, and our grins were big. We hurried in and mounted the next disc, to be able to shoot again as fast as possible.
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:D
 
Dulanic

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The worst part is it is the consumer who ends up paying... when this happens both the CD-Rom manufacturer and the CD manufacturer both say its not their problem.... I wouldnt be suprised to eventually see a class action suit.
 
OutHouse

OutHouse

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Originally posted by: Jugernot
Originally posted by: Citrix
I dunno but its on my brand new Dell Dimension 4400 :|:(
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Errr..... that's interesting. The 4400 was last years model.... where'd you get it brand new?

In my experience, most of the newer dells have Samsung drives in them.

Jugs
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I bought 5 of them brand new from Dell in June. They have a P4 2.0 GHz in them...

The CD that exploded was a MS Office 2000 disk heheh. No big deal we are a MS Select customer and have plenty laying around.

 
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