GAMEBOOMERS provides you with all the latest PC adventure computer games information, forum, walkthroughs, reviews and news.

GB Reviews

Latest & Upcoming Adventure Games

GB Annual Game Lists

GB Interviews

BAAGS

GB @ acebook

About Us

Walkthroughs

free games galore

Game Publishers & Developers

World of Adventure

Patches

GB @ witter

GameBoomers Store

Print Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Sanitarium exploded! #124287
11/26/02 08:07 AM
11/26/02 08:07 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,957
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
girlgeek Offline OP
Addicted Boomer
girlgeek  Offline OP
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,957
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
I have NEVER had this happen before! I was sitting showing a friend Sanitarium and considering just playing it again myself, when disc 1 (after installation) during play, EXPLODED in my CDROM drive! It shattered into tons of tiny pieces! It sounded like a gunshot and the game froze, so I opened the CD drive and all that was there was tons of tiny pieces of disc! Some of them fell into my drive, so now my drive doesn't work!

Sometimes I think that I'm cursed. I have a friend who is good with computers, coming over to have a look at it tonight. Hopefully, it's fixable and the little shards of disc didn't break anything else in the drive.

Go figure! Have you ever even HEARD of such a thing??!!


PLAYING ON PC: World of Warcraft...nothing else...there is no need for ANY other game when you have THIS one to play!! LOL
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124288
11/26/02 08:21 AM
11/26/02 08:21 AM
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 303
My own little world
ThunderChild Offline
Settled Boomer
ThunderChild  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 303
My own little world
I've worked in IT for the last 9 years and this is without doubt the bizzarest thing I've ever heard of: an exploding CD......WOW <img border="0" alt="woozy" title="" src="graemlins/woozy.gif" />

Makes for a great story to tell people though laugh


There's a lady who's sure
all that glitters is gold
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124289
11/26/02 08:48 AM
11/26/02 08:48 AM
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,468
Cambridge, England
Kickaha Offline
Addicted Boomer
Kickaha  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,468
Cambridge, England
Life is much much stranger than fiction - I've heard of microwaving CDs but not this!

Quick patent the idea! Your very own Fortean moment.


Used to answer to "Peter Smith", now answers to "Peter Rootham-Smith"
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124290
11/26/02 09:09 AM
11/26/02 09:09 AM
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
Skinter Offline
Shy Boomer
Skinter  Offline
Shy Boomer

Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
GG -

Makes me wonder if your computer fans were working at the time you were showing off Sanitarium to your friend. Ask your friend if you think the cause of the problem happened to be the fans. If so, you're gonna need to replace them. The fans are necessary to keep the insides of a computer very cool. As you have witnessed, problems can occur if your fans don't work properly. But, I have never heard of anybody's cd exploding in their drive before. Good luck! wave wave wave Maybe the game was just too hot to show off to your friend. laugh laugh


Lvl 55 Hunter in WOW
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124291
11/26/02 09:54 AM
11/26/02 09:54 AM
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 12,307
Body in California/Heart in Ha...
syd Offline
Adept Boomer
syd  Offline
Adept Boomer

Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 12,307
Body in California/Heart in Ha...
Hi Girlgeek

Believe it or not you're the second Boomer that has happened to. Can't remember who had the exploding disk before but yep it happens. The disk could have overheated, it could have not been sitting properly in the drive or the disk could have developed small fractures - who knows. Thank goodness no one was hurt lol.


Dark Side : Risen
Light Side:

I can only please one person a day. Today isn't your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either.
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124292
11/26/02 10:15 AM
11/26/02 10:15 AM
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 7
K
KD Offline
Junior Boomer
KD  Offline
Junior Boomer
K

Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 7
Fractures in the outer end of the cd is the most common reason for this, and I assure you, it's not only you it has happened to. Especially in high speed, even the smallest of fractures can be lethal to your disk. To bad you lost the cd though

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124293
11/26/02 10:21 AM
11/26/02 10:21 AM
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 10,323
gatorlaw Offline
Adept Boomer
gatorlaw  Offline
Adept Boomer

Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 10,323
I was just going to post what Syd said, I can't recall who it was either - but they had theirs break up and I believe it shot pieces of the disc out from the PC. I do recall that they had to replace their CD Rom. Yikes.

I wonder if there is anyway to tell that the CD is flawed or has breaks that could cause it to do this?

Laura





Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124294
11/26/02 10:42 AM
11/26/02 10:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,453
Texas
nickie Offline
Grand wizard of high mucky muck
nickie  Offline
Grand wizard of high mucky muck
Adept Boomer

Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 13,453
Texas
So sorry things are going so badly for you right now. I hope next year will be a much better one for you.


"How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124295
11/26/02 11:08 AM
11/26/02 11:08 AM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,516
North aurora IL
burpee Offline
Addicted Boomer
burpee  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,516
North aurora IL
Yep, maybe this run of bad luck will be replaced with a run of good luck next year (what Nickie said). Just be glad that you or your friend weren't hurt.

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124296
11/26/02 11:30 AM
11/26/02 11:30 AM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 1,719
La Puente, CA, USA
ladyyve Offline
Addicted Boomer
ladyyve  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 1,719
La Puente, CA, USA
Omigosh, Lori! Eeeeeeeeks! What a scary experience 'that' must have been!

I'm glad that at least *you're* ok. The CD 'and' the drive are both replaceable! It could probably have been worse! You never know. <sighhhhhhh>

In any event, the year is almost over and the next one has GOT to be better! You still have all of us to lean on. My heart goes out to you, Be sure to keep us all posted.

Thank heaven you have a job now! Things will work themselves out, I'm sure.

Big hugs,

Yvonne

<img border="0" alt="pacify" title="" src="graemlins/pacify.gif" />

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124297
11/26/02 12:07 PM
11/26/02 12:07 PM
Joined: Jun 1999
Posts: 14,887
Battle Creek, Michigan
MacDee Offline
Adept Boomer
MacDee  Offline
Adept Boomer

Joined: Jun 1999
Posts: 14,887
Battle Creek, Michigan
It's been said bad things come in three's, maybe now the good things will come. wink

I'm glad you're all right! happydance

~Dee

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124298
11/26/02 01:41 PM
11/26/02 01:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 318
Tennessee, USA
D
DanF Offline
Settled Boomer
DanF  Offline
Settled Boomer
D

Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 318
Tennessee, USA
Now that's what I call a bug!! I wonder if there's a patch for that. Maybe Elmer's has one.
lol

Sorry to hear it, though. I hope your drive didn't sustain any real damage.

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124299
11/26/02 02:51 PM
11/26/02 02:51 PM
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 15,679
England
tigger Offline
Graduate Boomer
tigger  Offline
Graduate Boomer

Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 15,679
England
Ohh Lori,

well at least neither of you got hurt.

I did read the comments before, the post was in mixed bag.... some of the faster cd roms are not recommended, especially if you are playing an old, scratched cd.. the 52 speed ones are the usual ones this happens to.

Mac, I had a problem with the fan in my pc.. mind you it was 5 years old.... meant I got a new pc thumbsup OK so hubby had been meaning to upgrade mine as it was his old one, but he just made a snap decision when we went to get the new fan and cd (nope it didn't go bang, but it smelled AWFUL!!) and I got a great pressie!!

Hugs

Tig wave


A bounce a day keeps the doctor away!!
Playing Sims2, Sherlock, Phantom of Venice
Reading Storm Breaking
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124300
11/26/02 03:51 PM
11/26/02 03:51 PM
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 1,002
Jordan, Mn. USA
Lorryrose Offline
Addicted Boomer
Lorryrose  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 1,002
Jordan, Mn. USA
Lori, WOW! I've never heard of such a thing. Now I'll be paranoid every time I put in a disc. I didn't even know such a thing like that was possible. eek

Please CYE


Judy
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124301
11/26/02 04:10 PM
11/26/02 04:10 PM

A
Anonymous
Unregistered
Anonymous
Unregistered
A



ANYONE with a CD drive 40x or faster should seriously think about a slowdown utility. I always run my CD drive at the slowest tolerable speed when playing (usually 4x 0r 8x is plenty) and only allow it to spin fast when installing.

Here's a great program. It's from Germany, but the menus are in English.

CD-Brake

Last edited by looney4labs; 06/26/07 03:34 PM. Reason: updated link
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124302
11/26/02 09:45 PM
11/26/02 09:45 PM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,169
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,169
near Yosemite
I think it was Josie who had the exploding CD problem before; up until then, I had never heard of such a thing.

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124303
11/26/02 10:41 PM
11/26/02 10:41 PM
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 516
London, UK
F
feardust Offline
Settled Boomer
feardust  Offline
Settled Boomer
F

Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 516
London, UK
That's an awful thing to happen girlgeek. I hope you're feeling better now.

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124304
11/26/02 10:56 PM
11/26/02 10:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,949
Arkansas
Josie Offline
Addicted Boomer
Josie  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,949
Arkansas
I am Here Now Yes it was me and it was also
"Sanatarium" I was just playing along the game froze and heard a noise and pieces flew out around the crack around the CD carriage across the floor and I couldnt get open the CD-Rom had to use a paper clip. My game was a brand new game.

What brand is your Cd-Rom? or company made it.
Mine was made by Pine Technologies.

Josie:)

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124305
11/27/02 09:35 AM
11/27/02 09:35 AM
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,460
Westchester, NY
Linds Offline
Addicted Boomer
Linds  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,460
Westchester, NY
Never heard of that happening before. The main thing is no one was hurt.
I am not able to play Sanitarium on my computer. For some reason it keeps freezing.
I think after hearing what happened to you I won't try to get it to work now.

Happy Thanksgiving. Be well.
Susan wave

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124306
11/27/02 10:48 AM
11/27/02 10:48 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,957
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
girlgeek Offline OP
Addicted Boomer
girlgeek  Offline OP
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,957
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Josie,

My CDROM is a Gateway. Never had any problems before. Isn't it rather STRANGE that it was Sanitarium for both of us that caused the "explosion?" I would tend to want to say, in that case, that it had something to do with the game itself, not our drives.

I did play Sanitarium once through with no problems, but that has been years ago. I think my computer hardware is all the same except I have a new hard drive.

I do find it curious that Sanitarium is the game that caused the problem BOTH times this unusual thing happened! My game was also purchased brand new a couple of years ago from Amazon, and only played once....not a scratch on it.


PLAYING ON PC: World of Warcraft...nothing else...there is no need for ANY other game when you have THIS one to play!! LOL
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124307
11/27/02 11:25 AM
11/27/02 11:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
Betty Lou Offline
Adept Boomer
Betty Lou  Offline
Adept Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
Sorry to hear about this problem girl. I played Sanitarium a few months back and had no problem with it BUT so glad I didn't as my CDROM is 52x. I have noticed now and then that a disc feels VERY WARM when I remove it from the drive, but it does not happen often, hope this does not mean an 'explosion' can/will happen to me, just figured the fan was not cooling it fast enough. Glad no one was hurt.
WARNING - do NOT use a vacuum cleaner on, in your computer to clean out the bits from that disc. Static Electricity is deadly to your computer. Use one (or more) of those cans of air to blow it out and hand pick any pieces you can get. Hubby says the only thing you will have to replace is the CD ROM drive...any floppy drives you have are open but cleaning out any bits will keep them from harm or replacement.
Anyone wanting to know what is inside their computer - hardware and any software you installed - use a free download called Belarc which does a survey of your computer and you end up with a list of all your hardware and your current software installed. The program downloads to your hard drive and you can use it offline anytime you wish an update of your stuff. We find it very useful to know the answer to all the usual questions regarding our computers 'insides'.
Love, Betty Lou


I am 'the HAT lady"! and "who loves ya BABY?!"
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124308
11/27/02 12:31 PM
11/27/02 12:31 PM
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,248
Scotland
Polo Offline
Addicted Boomer
Polo  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: May 2002
Posts: 1,248
Scotland
Always make backups of your games just incase!! ive had a game shatter in my DVD drive once before and lucky enough i had a copy made up.. so alls well cept for the £40 i had to pay for a new drive wink

-Polo


Richard

Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124309
11/27/02 01:03 PM
11/27/02 01:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
Skinter Offline
Shy Boomer
Skinter  Offline
Shy Boomer

Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
GG -

There is one rule you should know about when you're posting here at GB. Never, ever, ever mention the name Gateway in front of our mod Jenny! Trust me! laugh laugh laugh lol


Lvl 55 Hunter in WOW
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124310
11/27/02 02:07 PM
11/27/02 02:07 PM
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,424
WA. USA
lasanidine Offline
Addicted Boomer
lasanidine  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: May 2001
Posts: 3,424
WA. USA
There is another program which tells you all about your computer in greater detail called Aida32 .
It is free and the best of the best.

Too bad about the disk.


"I am not young enough to know everything."

Oscar Wilde
Re: Sanitarium exploded! #124311
11/27/02 03:55 PM
11/27/02 03:55 PM
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 101
Earth, Sol System
Wizball Offline
Settled Boomer
Wizball  Offline
Settled Boomer

Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 101
Earth, Sol System
Wow! Glad none was hurt! smile

Now let's think about this:
Instead of this game which is quite common and easily obtained Alice - An Interactive Museum or something alike would be blown to pieces.

I think then at least here someone would get hurt -> me with a heart-attack... laugh

Page 1 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Who's Online Now
0 registered members (), 230 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Staff, Mod
Newest Members
PierreLombardo, Dux, WillPowerGoat, Ebalon, J7769mon
9388 Registered Users
Powered by UBB.threads™