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May 26th, 2008 16:00

CD EXPLODED!!!

what happened? I was installing a game beautifully, when the cd suddenly stopped. i thought this was weird so i opened the drive and the cd was dissintegrated! i'm about in tears. i saved up a lot of money for this system...and this happens. the cd was not cracked. what can i do? how can support help me with this? if i get a non-dell technician to help me does the warranty automatically expire? i've had this sytem for 3 days!!!!!!!

there are still some pieces of the cd i cannot remove. i desperatily need help. i thought this was the ultimate way of not getting too many computer problems...gettin this. 

 

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May 26th, 2008 16:00

xps630kid,

Please provide me with the following information in a private message so I can fix this. I can only send out a technician to replace the drive. I cannot replace the game CD. You will have to return the game CD and box to where you purchased it -
Name:
Shipping address:
Phone:
Service tag number:
Reason:

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May 26th, 2008 16:00

wow, the cd must have been spinning pretty fast for that to happen. Call tech support and see if they can replace it. It would be a long shot but I would try to make them repllace the game CD too.

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May 26th, 2008 21:00

You can usually get a replacement from the game company if you call their support lineand tell them what happened.  Try and make it sound more like defective media which caused the drive to unbalance and wobble or something, but they are usually pretty good about stuff like that.

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May 27th, 2008 12:00

i've taken all the pieces I possibly could out of the drive by tilting the whole machine and now it opens and closes normally..it seems OKAY but i can still see miniature pieces inside, should i still call  dell support or get a normal computer technician to empty it out for me?

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May 27th, 2008 14:00

I would provide ChrisM the information he asked for.  As the Dell rep he can help you out - better safe than sorry...

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May 27th, 2008 15:00

What game was it?

 

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May 27th, 2008 16:00

Call dell or PM Chris to replace the drive before you lose yet another cd the next time the RPMs get high.

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May 27th, 2008 18:00

i provided Chris with the info, i have to get a reply. i hope it all turn out alright.

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May 27th, 2008 21:00

I seen this same thing on myth busters. They had a hard time repeating your results without using high speed tools.

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May 28th, 2008 00:00

It took over 30,000 rpm to explode a cd on mythbusters and that was using a wood router. I would be looking at the cd for causing this. I don't think any cd players even come close to this.

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May 28th, 2008 03:00

xps630kid,

I escalated this to my EURO brethren.

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May 28th, 2008 13:00

wow, i must be really unlucky then to have got these results. the game was Lock On it's a fighter plane simulator..maybe it was built badly i guess. anyway i'm on phone with italy dell support let's see what they can do.

 

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April 21st, 2009 09:00

Just today a cd exploded inside my dell at work.  It was a desk top computer.  If the myth busters found this phenomenon to be a myth, they were wrong.  Did your cd get mailed to you from somewhere? 

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April 21st, 2009 10:00

While MythBusters is entertaining, I wonder about the scientific value of some of their experiments.  However, I'd still suspect a faulty CD if one comes apart in a drive.

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