It Happens

[Guest Scootre]

  rowlan said:

  Scootre said:

  XFwannaBA said:

Hey guys, for the unbelievers like me, that dont believe that a CD ROM can make CD go bang have a look at these pics!

The first one is what I saw when I opened the Drive after it went WHIIIIIIIIRRRR------CRUNCH!

This is why CD drives are maxxing out at 52x. The rotational speeds of these suckers at around 8,000 to 10000 RPM is just too high for some media.

What you've experienced isn't all that uncommon.

I thought CD's ran at around 500 rpm.

Is that incorrect?

I'm going from memory here.... but I think you're right in so far as the normal operating speed is around 5000rpm because they usually operate at anywhere from 24x to 40x. However, the 52x figure is a max / burst speed and the unit will try to attain that. If the disk is out of balance or scratched, it will slow down to the above speeds (an most disks are not perfectly balanced). But at the 52x speed that the disk will be spinning at for a while... things can go bang.

[KEN 24T]

  XFwannaBA said:

  cul08r said:

serves you right for buying that new Peter Andre album...

Andrew

But all the Peter Allen and Kylie ones that Ken sent me don't do this :(

Neither should the ones you get (regularly) from the Blue Oyster Bar.

[sharkey]

I found an interesting article I remembered reading on this topic.

//theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/09/1039379779472.html

I like the bit that says:

At revolutions of about 200 metres per second, today's state-of-the-art lead-foot drives approach the speed of sound - 340 metres per second through air at room temperature - subjecting the spinning disc to a force 1500 times that of gravity, researchers have found.

Edited 18/03/04 10:42 PM by sharkey

[HellionXR6T]

Looks like it has potential to become a coffee cup holder. :lol:

Hmmm....I've actually had that call a few years back..."Umm, my coffee cup holder is broken, you know, the tray that goes in and out of the large box"......lol.

User=id10t

[KEN 24T]

  NA Thunder said:

Looks like it has potential to become a coffee cup holder. :lol:

Hmmm....I've actually had that call a few years back..."Umm, my coffee cup holder is broken, you know, the tray that goes in and out of the large box"......lol.

User=id10t

My Canadian counterparts have had a better one.

Some goose rang into the Care Centre to report that his machine was "ON FIRE!!!" :o

The first-call guy told him to ring the fire brigade.

[HellionXR6T]

Don't get me started on this subject Ken! I could easily out number your total number of posts with the stories I could tell :lol:

[dankman]

I'm quite sure I could as well :lol:

Like the lady nearly 13 years ago who wanted to take the computer and set it up her self. She came back with a crushed mouse and complained that the power button didnt work.

She used it like a Janome pedal....... I have no idea what she expected..... That lusers for you

[Lumpen]

Heres what came out of the drive when I finally ripped it out, next to it is a CD of the same brand for comparison!

No idea where the rest is, embedded is the drive im sure.

I think this means Im on the look out for a DVD burner?

[Lumpen]

Heres what came out of the drive when I finally ripped it out, next to it is a CD of the same brand for comparison!

No idea where the rest is, embedded is the drive im sure.

I think this means Im on the look out for a DVD burner?

Edited 19/03/04 06:57 AM by XFwannaBA

[aniken]

Not having much luck are you XFwanna? First your dad's car, now your PC .

Remind me not to lend you ANYTHING