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I'm in the middle of importing all of my CDs and one of them just exploded in my tray as it was spinning up. Holy crap was it loud... I've seen videos of this happening but didn't know how loud it would actually be in person. This CD had a pretty large crack near the center which I'm sure is what caused this to happen, I'm not blaming the drive.
As it wouldn't open with the eject button, I gently pried it open got some of the bits out but it obviously needs more cleaning since it won't close and the stuff I got out isn't enough to make up a whole CD. There is a lot more inside.
Here are some pictures.
http://imgur.com/a/6SvaU#0
How should I clean the rest of this out? Do I open the drive up, or just jiggle it around with the tray open, facing down, and use canned air?
With an exploded CD like this how likely is it that the drive itself is damaged? Should I be concerned?
As it wouldn't open with the eject button, I gently pried it open got some of the bits out but it obviously needs more cleaning since it won't close and the stuff I got out isn't enough to make up a whole CD. There is a lot more inside.
Here are some pictures.
http://imgur.com/a/6SvaU#0
How should I clean the rest of this out? Do I open the drive up, or just jiggle it around with the tray open, facing down, and use canned air?
With an exploded CD like this how likely is it that the drive itself is damaged? Should I be concerned?