Cd Explosion, or Exploding CD Options

[Syne Wave]

What's that? LAUGH?? I nearly didn't believe it until I removed my cd player from my PC and the CD came out in 000's of teeny weeny itty bits!
So - of course - I searched the net to see what it was all about, AND .. .. .. .. There is quite a lot of interesting stuff. Some guys at college strapped a CD to a DREMEL drill and spun it up, needless to say the thing took off like a proverbial bat-- stuck in the ceiling WOW - could have had someone's eye out -so they say.
I wondered if there was a club I could join now - having survived a CD blowing up. Perhaps one gets a medal ?
Tell you what though, make's me think every time I spin one up in the drive.
There was a warning about minute bits floating out and those getting in your eye.
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ANYWAY - 'nuff said. In case you are interested, it's going to become more common as spin speeds achieve 64X. The media has found it's limits - for now.
SOLUTION : One web site suggested fitting multiple read heads to cut the speed.
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Well, over to you. I'm off for a pizza - home made - of course.

[dixiechicken]

Also quite a few cd-roms are slighty un-balanced i.e - the hole in the middle for the cdrom-motorspindle - isn't exactly centered and can cause vibration.

Some cd-mechanisms can sense these vibrations and lower the speed accordingly.

Cheers: Dixiechicken