rec.autos.simulators

> Not auto-sim related, but I was wondering whether anyone had ever had a CD
> explode inside the CD-ROM drive?

> My mum bought Tomb Raider 5 this Christmas (Doncaster EB, UK), and the disk
> exploded inside her 48X Sony cd-rom drive.  The drive wouldn't work
> afterwards so she bought another, a 52X (un-branded).  EB replaced the TR5
> cd, but tonight the same thing has happenned again.

> Luckily the new drive still works, but the second TR5 disk is now in a
> thousand pieces.

> Since there isn't a epedemic of CD's exploding with fast CD-ROM's, I can
> only guess it must be a batch of poor quality Tomb Raider 5 disks, maybe
> with hair-line cracks already in them.

> The stange this is that the first disk failure happenned after TR5 had been
> running for 1.5 hours, yet the second disk exploded after the PC had only
> been on for a few minutes and TR5 had only just been run.

> Can anyone shed any light on this topic for me?
> Thanks,
> Simon.

> Yeah, I had a rented copy of LinksLS Disk #2 (for my SO's son on a visit
from
> Yellowknife) explode in my Creative 52x CD-ROM. A -LARGE- bang...I jumped
a
> foot and looked around for something the cats had broken...no sign. When I
> opened the drive a few minutes later, many tiny shards fell out!!! Toasted
the
> drive. Creative and Microsoft both replaced the items involved. The drive
was
> only 3 days in my machine. The replacement has been well behaved. The
rental
> store was shocked...8^)...and passed the bag of pieces around. Said they'd
> never seen the like.

> J. P. Hovercraft

> > Not auto-sim related, but I was wondering whether anyone had ever had a
CD
> > explode inside the CD-ROM drive?

> > My mum bought Tomb Raider 5 this Christmas (Doncaster EB, UK), and the
disk
> > exploded inside her 48X Sony cd-rom drive.  The drive wouldn't work
> > afterwards so she bought another, a 52X (un-branded).  EB replaced the
TR5
> > cd, but tonight the same thing has happenned again.

> > Luckily the new drive still works, but the second TR5 disk is now in a
> > thousand pieces.

> > Since there isn't a epedemic of CD's exploding with fast CD-ROM's, I can
> > only guess it must be a batch of poor quality Tomb Raider 5 disks, maybe
> > with hair-line cracks already in them.

> > The stange this is that the first disk failure happenned after TR5 had
been
> > running for 1.5 hours, yet the second disk exploded after the PC had
only
> > been on for a few minutes and TR5 had only just been run.

> > Can anyone shed any light on this topic for me?
> > Thanks,
> > Simon.

> This is know to happen. It's also a reason you should never, never run a
> cracked disc, espcially if you have Laserdiscs. People have been killed by
> shattering laserdisc's in players. The velocity that these discs travel at can
> cause them to penetrate and exit the player- if you're standing too close,
> you could be hurt!
> Never, never run a disc you know to be cracked.

> Since DVD discs are layered, it's easier for them to "explode".  (Which I
> have seen, but only with DVDs).

> > This is know to happen. It's also a reason you should never, never run a
> > cracked disc, espcially if you have Laserdiscs. People have been killed
by
> > shattering laserdisc's in players. The velocity that these discs travel
at can
> > cause them to penetrate and exit the player- if you're standing too
close,
> > you could be hurt!

> > Never, never run a disc you know to be cracked.

> If you do have discs that are cracked, you can get temporary help by
> freezing the disc in your kitchen freezer. This is a known trick in
> the audio CD community. Be sure to freeze them before every use just to
> be safe.

> +Cinquo