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> Tony Atkin wrote: > > >On Friday 24 October 2003 17:20, Robin Cornelius wrote: > > > > > >>Reported on mandrake's site today that users should not even attempt to > >>install MDK9.2 if they have a LG cd-rom it will _KILL_ the cd drive! > >> > >> > > > >My LG cd-rom drive once completely destroyed one of my SuSE cds - loud bang > >- shaking the shattered shards out of the drive - that sort of thing. > > > >So I guess it's pay back time :-) > > > >Tony > > > > > > > I also had an LG drive that destroyed a Mandrake 7.1 CD, may have been a > small crack in the centre that spread. The drive regularly failed to > detect the CD, both before and after the exploding CD. I took the LG > apart and found some damage to the drive internals. > > Andrew > Well I am going have to be careful here as I have an LG 24/10/40 in situ 2 foot away from my left peg. I have heard of people being left blind after a cdrom has shattered in a drive and shrapnel has come out with enough momentum to cause serious injury. :¬( I have noticed that sometimes the discs can be quite hot after a session. Maybe nix varitations spin em a bit faster then winders. Luke -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.