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April 19th, 2002 19:00
Exploding CD!
I have just witnessed the explosion of a CD ROM at the hand of a Dell machine.
There I was, happily playing Escape from Monkey Island on my 18-month old Dell 4100, when there was a large bang and the game froze. Assuming the worst, I turned the computer off and checked for burning smells, but everything seemed to be OK.
I turned the computer back on, and everything seemed to be fine. Except the D: drive was no longer accessible. Then I opened the CD ROM drive and broken shards of CD came out.
The computer seems fine apart from this; I presume that the drive is now broken though. Anyone experienced anything like this before? Any clues whether Dell will replace my Monkey Island CD - or indeed the drive (a Lite-On LTN483S 48x max.)?
Cheers,
Cristina
There I was, happily playing Escape from Monkey Island on my 18-month old Dell 4100, when there was a large bang and the game froze. Assuming the worst, I turned the computer off and checked for burning smells, but everything seemed to be OK.
I turned the computer back on, and everything seemed to be fine. Except the D: drive was no longer accessible. Then I opened the CD ROM drive and broken shards of CD came out.
The computer seems fine apart from this; I presume that the drive is now broken though. Anyone experienced anything like this before? Any clues whether Dell will replace my Monkey Island CD - or indeed the drive (a Lite-On LTN483S 48x max.)?
Cheers,
Cristina
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Jim Hardin
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April 19th, 2002 19:00
Will Dell replace your drive? Probably, assuming it is in warranty.
Will they replace your faulty CD? Never!
tswb13
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April 21st, 2002 05:00
thank god i got the 3 yr warranty.
if i know dells like i think i do. 1yr and kapoot.
so far ive gone thru a hdd. at 3 months old?? cmon! i know i have more used parts in this "new" pc, than new ones!!
hehe
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