Captain Colonial Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Just had a CD in the computer drive, which spun it up to 48x - followed by a massive BANG and a flashing light. Managed to open the tray, which handed me my CD back in hundreds of shards. Many of them are still inside the drive - looks like I'm doing some DIY at some point. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibby Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sounds like someone had a smashing time! Wouldn't bother trying to rescue the drive to be honest, a new drive is only a tenner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooch Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Have you tried defragmenting your disc? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 You must be shattered. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Slipped disc? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 This seems to be spinning out of control... As it's a £50 DVD/CD writer, I'm going to attempt to fix it - it still spins with a blank disc, so I'll give it a go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Is the question "what does it rev to" appropriate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Never more appropriate! 24,000 RPM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dommo Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Would you like to borrow some glue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meakin Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Have you tried defragmenting your disc? :d Billiant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibby Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 As it's a £50 DVD/CD writer, I'm going to attempt to fix it - it still spins with a blank disc, so I'll give it a go. Wowzers, what's so special about it to make it worth £50? 48x CD write, 22x DVD write, SATA interface for a tenner on Amazon. The risk of missing a small shard and spinning at that speed could damage more discs in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Hmmmm...maybe, then. Naaaahhhhh...I'm a bloke, need to take it to bits and have a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Happened to me last year - apparently it's quite common - the small turntable bit was b*******ed but I managed to fix it by taking one out of an old drive I had lying around. Still working now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Ha! Man triumphs over small inanimate object once again! Took the drive out (thank you Dell for clamshell tower cases and ancillaries on clip-in slides), disassembled it and removed dozens and dozens of shards, reassembled the lot and back working in less than 30 minutes - result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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