Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-24 Thread Daniel B.
James Tappin wrote: > ... The > problem of going above 52 speed is that the CD stretches of the order of 1 > track pitch at that speed Is that really a problem? (The laser tracks the actual position of the track (as opposed to its nominal or unstretched position), and the servo mechanism has to

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Avtar Marwaha
Richard Hector wrote: On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:47:54AM -0800, nate wrote: Is it possible to limit the speed of a drive via software? Yes it is, have a look at the setcd package. Avtar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Wendell Cochran
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:47:54 -0800 (PST) From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? > spin it too fast and it will explode. >> some faster drives(48x+) will do this. some media is lower quality >> and will explode at lower speeds th

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Richard Hector
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:47:54AM -0800, nate wrote: > > Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? > > spin it too fast and it will explode. > > some faster drives(48x+) will do this. some media is lower quality > and will explode at lower speeds then the higher quality

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Saturday 22 February 2003 20:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? It is certainly possible. When Neverwinter Nights was released, some batches of CDs were low quality and had the tendency to break apart in faster drives. Thode disks

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread James Tappin
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:25:11 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? > Modern fast CD drives do spin the cd very fast indeed (IIRC the peak speed on an audio player is around 600rpm, and while the 52x of a 52 speed drive is relative to th

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Kevin Smith
Too much vibration due to a warped disk perhaps?   I've heard it happen and seen it happen. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:25 PM Subject: Cd destroyed in cd drive Hi, I was wondering

Re: Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread nate
> Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? spin it too fast and it will explode. some faster drives(48x+) will do this. some media is lower quality and will explode at lower speeds then the higher quality stuff. never seen it myself though, my drives max out at 32x I th

Cd destroyed in cd drive

2003-02-22 Thread Tertrainman
Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive?