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Stories · 2

  1. When Spun Really Fast, CDs Explode

    Tech · Technology · · posted by chrisd · from the vinyl-wouldn't-hold-up-very-well-either dept. · 460 comments
    Anonymous Coward writes: "Ever wonder why cd-rom/cd-rw drives are not getting any faster? Wonder why they heat up? This page has a rather amusing experiment where they put various CD's into something that can spin up to 30,000RPM and found that most cd's explode at just around 28,000RPM. Oh and they seem to like using Corel CD-ROM discs for their experiment." Update: Yep, it's a dupe...

  2. Establishing the Maximum Speed of a CD-ROM Drive

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by michael · from the science-at-its-finest dept. · 489 comments
    UnknownSoldier writes "Ever wondered how fast CD-ROM drives can spin their CDs before the CD will self destruct due to centrifugal force? This person was too, and has his results. (So much for those 100x drives)."