18 Oct
2005
18 Oct
'05
1:32 p.m.
On Oct 18 2005, 8:29, John Foust wrote:
At 01:39 PM 10/17/2005, Bob Bradlee wrote:
>With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened
up the drive to
fine a
>shattered CD inside.
But I've seen this happen *twice* to a client who
wasn't
dunking them in LOX. CDs are spinning quite quickly.
I've never actually seen it happen, but a couple of years ago one of
the manufacturers who supplies the University issued a warning about
fast drives, and IIRC some were recalled. The explanation was that the
faster "52x" drives run at a speed which is very close to that at which
centrifugal force can make a polycarbonate disk break up, so a defect
in the disk can have a profound effect.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York