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Thread ID: 39219	2003-10-30 11:27:00	Take Cover! Its the exploding CD's!!!!	JamesStewart (874)	Press F1

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187925	2003-10-30 20:17:00	whats scary here is the aopen drive only reads at ~40x unless you press the speed button (hold one of the buttons on the front of he drive down for so many seconds) and then it will spin faster and read at 52x.	tweak'e (174)
187926	2003-10-30 22:14:00	I remember talking about exploding CDs when I encountered that problem. I remember in the thread someone hearing that a guy had hired a CD from somewhere and took it back and explained what happened and the people didn't believe him and said he stood on it. The people who let the CD out sued the guy because he didn't pay for it and they'd been at it for 2-3 years, so he was sued for the amount of times that CD could have been hired during that period as well which ended up probably $3k+. Are the DSE discs flimsy (easy to bend)? If they are, then you're read speed in your CDWriter is too fast for it, it cracks the centre, and while it's spinning the crack moves outer until it's got enough to split and then explodes. I had to drop a few cheap brand CDs because of this as my 52x kept destroying them, you really need less flexible CDs, not thin flimsy ones. If you want your CDs to last a little longer then it's best to go for the stronger ones.	Kame (312)
187927	2003-10-31 00:17:00	Is why DSE seemingly dropped the yellow for the silver ones (i.e imitation) I use them. @ $8 a pack they're great!	hamstar (4)
187928	2003-10-31 02:52:00	I am pretty sure that CDs that DSE produce are pressed and will be "standard". They have to be polycarbonate to have the right refractive index. They have to be the standard thickness, because that's part of the standard, too. (I think that recordables would have to use proper materials, too). About the only sort of thing which would cause CDs to be likely to burst is "stress concentrators" ... such as might be caused by dings on the press tools. You might be able to see residual stress in the clear centre (just look at the centre with crossed polarising filters (two "Polaroid" sunglass lenses) held for maximum cutoff, then with the CD held between them.	Graham L (2)
187929	2003-10-31 02:59:00	Oh.... Ok then, i had checked there first, but thought you guys may of left it out or something. Sorry. Ilikelinux	ilikelinux (1418)
187930	2003-10-31 03:00:00	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is in reply to Bruce.	ilikelinux (1418)
187931	2003-10-31 04:04:00	I haven't had any blow on me yet thanks to a widely practiced preventative system; scratches and fingerprints keep the speed down :-).	bmason (508)
187932	2003-10-31 04:04:00	Wow, I didn't see this coming!!!! E-mail from DSE Manager: Hi James, I am sorry to here of the problems you have experienced with our driver disk. Generally this type of problem is caused by stress cracks around the centre of the disc. When the disc spins at high speed the force causes the cracks to expand and the disc ultimately cracks and blows apart as you have described. As the disc in this case was one of our discs. We would be happy to replace both the driver disc and your CDRW Drive. Please advise the are you live in and I will advise the best cause of action to rectify this problem. Kind Regards Shane Philip Service Manager Man, you have to addmit, DSE have great PR and service!	JamesStewart (874)
187933	2003-10-31 04:33:00	I thought that might be the responce.	robsonde (120)
187934	2003-11-02 03:12:00	That's a quite typical response for DSE. If there is only a few bucks in it, sometimes it is better to buy from them for the superior warranty policies. I have never had a problem of any sort with them and if you have a trade card the prices can be reasonably competitive. There is never any of this "we'll have to send it back to our supplier so you'll just have to wait" rubbish that is contrary to the CGA anyway. Cheers Billy 8-{) :|	Robbie O (3893)
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