[pchelpers] Re: cd bursts in cd rom

In a message dated 8/12/01 10:13:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ltonwannabe@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> I thought that speed of a drive shouldn't affect a CD
> as it doesn't spin like a harddrive but is read (or
> written to) using a level 1 laser beam. But anyway
> it's a pretty unusual situation Jackie has there. I'm
> dying to know what caused the CD to 'explode' and how
> to prevent such a thing happening again.
> 
> Clueless Tonia
> 

Your first statement is rather confusing. A CD doesn't spin like a harddrive? 
They both spin in a circular fashion and the laser is irrelevant. According 
to what I've read, a REALLY fast CD-ROM spinning a warped CD can cause it to 
"explode." The centrifugal force of a fast (>=52x) cd-rom drive is quite 
high. So, I'm assuming in Jackie's situation, the CD was most likely slightly 
warped.

Regards,

Tim Hamel

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