Sounds like a title of a National Enquirer article. I didn't even considered the possibility of this happening to me EVER...
Alright, this is (or was) a TDK AI-CDRW241040B CD-RW drive (manufactured on 10/2001), which has worked well for years. Just a few minutes ago, after inserting a CD for my niece, all of a sudden (obviously after picking up speed) there was a cracking noise and the fancy blue faceplate of the drive, closely followed by a sharp fragment of the disk, shooted out of the enclosure. There was a faint burning smell, and I shut down and turned off the PC immediately. I replaced the drive with another, and it booted up OK. About the TDK drive... well....
All I can say right now is thank God that the enclosure is one of those Antecs with a door that closes over the drives. The impact was strong enough to force open the door, but since the door was snapped into place, it took away most of the energy of what would have possibly been a dangerous projectile. This sounds melodramatic, but this is the PC that my nieces use, and the fragment could have shooted out at almost face-level (the enclosure stands atop the desk).
Why did this happen? I have a mixture of fright, anger, and disbelief at the same time. I had to look several times to the table where the damaged CD drive rests to remind me it DID happen.
Venting my frustration,
Edwin
Alright, this is (or was) a TDK AI-CDRW241040B CD-RW drive (manufactured on 10/2001), which has worked well for years. Just a few minutes ago, after inserting a CD for my niece, all of a sudden (obviously after picking up speed) there was a cracking noise and the fancy blue faceplate of the drive, closely followed by a sharp fragment of the disk, shooted out of the enclosure. There was a faint burning smell, and I shut down and turned off the PC immediately. I replaced the drive with another, and it booted up OK. About the TDK drive... well....
All I can say right now is thank God that the enclosure is one of those Antecs with a door that closes over the drives. The impact was strong enough to force open the door, but since the door was snapped into place, it took away most of the energy of what would have possibly been a dangerous projectile. This sounds melodramatic, but this is the PC that my nieces use, and the fragment could have shooted out at almost face-level (the enclosure stands atop the desk).
Why did this happen? I have a mixture of fright, anger, and disbelief at the same time. I had to look several times to the table where the damaged CD drive rests to remind me it DID happen.
Venting my frustration,
Edwin