I was copying tracks off a store bought music CD to my Itunes library when all of a sudden after all the tracks were copied the disk literally blew up in my CD drive, shards of broken glass were everywhere, what is wrong with my drive?
This is an internal Philips CD-RW drive for a desktop PC.
2007-01-26 17:51:10 · 7 answers · asked by pure_west102 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
My brothers did that .. the lazer overheated and the glass blew
2007-01-26 17:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by Chef Dane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was nothing wrong with your CD Drive.. I think the you didn't insert the CD properly. When the CD drive rotated the CD was broken and shredded.
Now, since the CD was shredded from inside the lens could be damaged. Get an expert to clean the drive before you use it further.
2007-01-26 17:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sooraj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any cd drive can do this. It happens when it is spinning at a high speed and the drive is opened. Wether you opened it or it was still reading or writing to the disk it is not that uncommon
2007-01-26 17:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would just buy a new burner drive since there is good odds its damaged from a cd explosion. cds cant just explode in your system because they dont spin fast enough to do that but if it comes off of the spindle it can definately hit something and shatter. look on newegg.com for a new drive, should be under $30 for a high quality one.
2007-01-26 18:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by steven 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Replace the drive, there are shards of the CD left in the drive that will cause further damage if you run the drive. CD-RWs aren't that expensive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136059
2007-01-26 21:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
summer time, you would be able to could sparkling the optical force with a wal-mart disc cleansing kit, they run approximately 5 or six greenbacks. try this to confirm if it facilitates, it would not make experience to purchase a clean force for dozen of greenbacks while a pair of greenbacks will restoration it, in case you comprehend the make and kind of the force, flow to driverguide and sign up for the account, that is unfastened, and that they have downloads for ALL peripherals and such.. you're able to replace the firmware of the optical force. additionally make effective while dealing with Cd's, that the archives area is in no way dealt with with arms and be effective to maintain them in a sleeve of a few kind to stay away from scratching. additionally one extra element, they have what's called digital drives, that's an utility which could setting up a digital force onto your computing gadget, the place you could placed the entire CD onto this force completely, and play from the complicated force rather of the CD, this performs them alot extra appropriate, swifter, and without burning the optical force up after a quantity of time.. sturdy success to You AND satisfied Gaming
2016-11-01 09:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, be careful.... fast drives are all fun and games until a CD blows up.
2007-01-26 18:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by bonesawosu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋