I've always wondered why my cd drive grinds... - by charlestheoaf
charlestheoaf on 29/8/2006 at 06:42
My cd-drive always makes a grinding noise when loading up System Shock 2 (during the splash screen while checking the disk). It has done this the entire time I've owned the game, across three different computers.
Anyone know?
Kolya on 29/8/2006 at 11:19
Might be the cd check or a scratched part on the disc.
But I think I remember having that too, so it's probably the first.
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http://www.schwarzsilber.de/apix/_temp/thatthing.pngOr something cuddly with small hearts instead of eyes lives in your cd drive and feeds on your data.
charlestheoaf on 29/8/2006 at 16:16
Aww, he's so cute! I'm my computer could give shelter to such a cute little creature.
tungsten on 30/8/2006 at 01:41
Some "copy protections" use intentionally pressed-in bad sectors. The drive is then asked to go to this sector. And only when "bad sector" comes back, the CD is recognised as "original". If this is the case, your drive might try repeatedly to read this bad sector... making despairing sounds...
TehChozenTwo on 31/8/2006 at 03:09
I thought this thread was gonna be about how you found something in your cd rom drive.. :D
I found a piece of warcraft II disc in one of my cdrom drives, never messed with any of the discs though.
june gloom on 31/8/2006 at 06:27
once, my doom II disc shattered in the drive and i had to shake all the pieces out.
Kolya on 31/8/2006 at 12:21
It has happened to me 2 or 3 times that I wondered why a CD wouldn't play until I realized I put it on top of another that was already in the drive. :cool:
What's your crazy CD drive story?
DaBeast on 31/8/2006 at 12:58
My cd drive blew rasberries at me a few times.
Turns out it was some sort of joke virus that you email to friends.
charlestheoaf on 31/8/2006 at 19:53
I once karate-chopped an open cd-drive at school.
It didn't work too well after that.
Bluegrime on 3/9/2006 at 01:04
I completly ruined my original copy of Diablo with my old lap top.. It was kinda like a girlled cheese sandwich. (Turns out that the Toshiba Satelite Pro has a few heating issues when you use a Keyboard/mouse/usb dock with it.)
Oh, and the fun I had dislodging a double stacked pair of games from my PS2. :p
