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"Rob Morley" wrote in message
. com... In article , "John Blundell" says... In article , Dave writes 52x is way beyond the spec of CD-ROMs. The forces on the disk at such high rotational speeds are massive and I'm not surprised you're finding they shatter. Get a nice 32x drive and be happy. If you have a fast CD-ROM drive, is there any way to limit its speed to something safe? http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?l...rivespeed.html Don't know if it works - just did a Google :-) Interesting, Nero 'aint a bad outfit, I'll give it a try if and when I've shattered a CD! "Shutting the barn door after........................" ;-) CB -- Craven and District Bird News http://mysite.freeserve.com/cravenbirds |
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If you have a fast CD-ROM drive, is there any way to limit its speed to something safe? Nero comes with something called Drivespeed which allows you to artificially limit the CD speed. Good for making your computer a bit quieter ! |
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In article , SLP
writes "John Blundell" wrote in message ... If you have a fast CD-ROM drive, is there any way to limit its speed to something safe? I've known this to happen once with a customer - an audio CD shattered in the drive, sending broken shards flying right the way across the room. It's lucky he wasn't standing in front of the PC at the time.... I haven't tried this program myself, as I tend to stick to using slower CD drives, but it should slow your drive down to whatever speed you choose. http://download.com.com/3002-2086-10164235.html?tag=dir Thanks for this info. It looks good. Thanks also to Rob and "" for their replies. -- John Blundell Reply-to: address is valid. Antispam From: address |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... "net" wrote in message ... twice in the last month I've had the shock of a CD-R (that I bought from Maplin) exploding in the CD-drive. It's happened now in two different drives, both 52speed CD-Rom drives. It makes a right bank when it shatters and it ruins the drive completely. Anyone else had this happen? 52x is way beyond the spec of CD-ROMs. The forces on the disk at such high rotational speeds are massive and I'm not surprised you're finding they shatter. Get a nice 32x drive and be happy. I'm sure I read somewhere that a 52X drive spins the disk at up to 27000 RPM. |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... "net" wrote in message ... twice in the last month I've had the shock of a CD-R (that I bought from Maplin) exploding in the CD-drive. It's happened now in two different drives, both 52speed CD-Rom drives. It makes a right bank when it shatters and it ruins the drive completely. Anyone else had this happen? 52x is way beyond the spec of CD-ROMs. The forces on the disk at such high rotational speeds are massive and I'm not surprised you're finding they shatter. Get a nice 32x drive and be happy. problem is, CD drives in the shops are getting faster, not slower... |
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Did the discs state a speed? I know my CDRW manual came with a yellow
warning sheet warning not to use cheap or slow media, as it can sometimes shatter at high speeds. "net" wrote in message ... twice in the last month I've had the shock of a CD-R (that I bought from Maplin) exploding in the CD-drive. It's happened now in two different drives, both 52speed CD-Rom drives. It makes a right bank when it shatters and it ruins the drive completely. Anyone else had this happen? |
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"PabloCreep" wrote in message ... Did the discs state a speed? no, it was just a flat pack of 100 blank CD-R's in clear plastic. The Maplin product code was ZH63. |
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