The IL-2 Sturmovik CD was in an AOpen 52x CD-ROM and suddenly a huge 'bang' .. it exploded and shattered probably into more particles a modern videocard can render realtime. The front of the CD tray even blew off and the CD .. shattered to pieces.
Luckily the CD-ROM/PC was not directly in front of the employee of Retsoft.com
He contacted AOpen who responded with lines like, 'what do you expect from such a cheap CD-ROM player'. Not the slightest sympathy .. in the end he got an RMA adress though so the CD-ROM will be replaced but I can't believe how they can state something like that.
Personally I think this is a very dangerous development. What if a CD explodes and comes out and hurts u (for example in the eye).
We think many people underestimate this and think it will not happen but the chance is not a small one.
Also we wonder what all the companies are going to do about it. As you can read in the press release of the new 48x drive from plextor they included an extra strong front bezel to prevent dangerous situations. Also the read speed is limited by default.
You can read the full article on guru3d. We invite everyone to discuss this topic on our forum.
Source: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=4570
Luckily the CD-ROM/PC was not directly in front of the employee of Retsoft.com
He contacted AOpen who responded with lines like, 'what do you expect from such a cheap CD-ROM player'. Not the slightest sympathy .. in the end he got an RMA adress though so the CD-ROM will be replaced but I can't believe how they can state something like that.
Personally I think this is a very dangerous development. What if a CD explodes and comes out and hurts u (for example in the eye).
We think many people underestimate this and think it will not happen but the chance is not a small one.
Also we wonder what all the companies are going to do about it. As you can read in the press release of the new 48x drive from plextor they included an extra strong front bezel to prevent dangerous situations. Also the read speed is limited by default.
You can read the full article on guru3d. We invite everyone to discuss this topic on our forum.
Source: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=4570