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So I put in a CD so I could burn Metal Gear Solid for the PSX on the CD.
I use IMGBURN as my main burning program. So as it says it's burning and I don't see any progress. After a while I get irritated and decide to stop the program.
I did, but I still heard sounds from my drive. Then 5 seconds later.
CRACK/BOOM!
It spooked the shit out of me. I immediately knew what it was, it was the CD and it fucking exploded in my drive.
Well there goes my drive! I'm really upset, because my computer only had one CD/DVD Drive. I've been trying to eject the drive, but I think it's basically dead.
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Low-quality CDs explode in high-rpm drives. Doesn't happen very often but it really sucks when it does =(
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On July 31 2009 04:25 B1nary wrote:
Low-quality CDs explode in high-rpm drives. Doesn't happen very often but it really sucks when it does =(
Oh man how it does suck =/
I have an external CD reader and writer in my room, but I can't find the cables. As soon as I do though I'll use it.
In all honesty I've been using my drive lately to burn PSX games. I'm catching up on some I never played.
Metal gear solid, resident evil 3, final fantasy 7, yeah.. I missed those..
It's gonna fucking suck not being able to read and write dvd's. This is giving me a huge excuse to pirate more =/
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Valhalla18444 Posts
cd-rom drives are cheap! buy a new one. go to memory express for a decent deal  dunno if they have US stores
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Wow I had no idea they could explode! I could see that as being really annoying haha. That woulda scared the shit out of me... not just 'spooked' the shit out of me!
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On July 31 2009 04:28 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:cd-rom drives are cheap! buy a new one. go to memory express for a decent deal dunno if they have US stores
CD, or DVD? I wanna pick up another internal dvd drive. I'll probably order it of newegg or something.
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dvdrom drives are pretty cheep as well.
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micro center ftw
and damn exploded.
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On July 31 2009 04:31 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
dvdrom drives are pretty cheep as well.
yeah! shit man, drive are hella cheap these days. blu-ray is the only drive that's "kinda pricey" and its still the same goddamned price as the rest when they weren't cheap as hell
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like 7 years ago i pass for the same problem.
i was playing Diablo II like 4 hours (i only played games with CD) and like u said, the cd explote and crash my cd drive 
little pieces of cd around the floor and pc 
i think that was for the poor quality of the cd, i dont remember the manufacter but since that day i only use sony, imagine or princo (for last selection)
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Had this happen to me a few years ago. The CD exploded and fragments went flying. 1 piece hit my girlfriend in the ankle and caused her to bleed.
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I got a crack in my broodwar cd in 01-02 or so. No explosion but really annoying having to buy a new copy to play.
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yeah they're easy to replace and cheap too. This actually happened to me like 3 years ago, I got scared and just ran out of the room lol
My computer has replaced two of them :|. I'm too lazy now and my drive half opens/doesn't open and I need to pry it open.
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On July 31 2009 04:31 StorrZerg wrote:micro center ftw and damn exploded.
You have micro center where you live too?
Moment of connection between geeks!
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There's a Microcenter up the street from me in Virginia.
Also, my Brood War CD exploded in my CD drive back in like... 99. I was very unhappy about it
You wanna piece of me, boy?
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I'm curious, what was the RPM that thing was running? That's intense dude...
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I remember when fifa 99 exploded in mine, like 9 years ago.Was scared as fuck haha, but turned my comp upside down and got rid of every piece.
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That happened to my Broodwar cd a few months back..
I was in a 2/2 with a buddy and it shattered, I droped from the game and sent him a text with a thousand pieces of bw in my hand, haha. It was awesome. I think i lost the pic
EDIT: there was a crack in the cd, which I assume caused it to go boom..
EDIT EDIT: The drive still works
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Which one is the best buy? I have no idea who has better quality for the money.
On July 31 2009 06:18 MutaDoom wrote:
I'm curious, what was the RPM that thing was running? That's intense dude...
I have no idea, but my drive has been acting up since I reformatted.
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check on craigslist. I've seen shit go for a steal of a price.
Edit: rom drives tend to go out over time when used regularly.
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same thing happened to my SC disc. i left it in my drive for like 2 years then one day it just exploded and i had to get a new comp (comp was getting old anyway)
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Exploded because of the epicness of the content. Seriously, MGS should be bought legally.
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