Cd destroyed in cd drive

[Wendell Cochran <atrypa@eskimo.com>]

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:47:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>

>> Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive?

> spin it too fast and it will explode. 

>> some faster drives(48x+) will do this. some media is lower quality
>> and will explode at lower speeds then the higher quality stuff. .
. .

I wonder whether it's only a matter of centrifugal force.  My guess
-- & it's only a guess -- is that the failed disk was warped or
misaligned.  If it jammed, torque would finish the job.

And the higher the speed the more likely that a disk will flutter &
jump the track.