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Interference22	I am a very pissed off individual right now. My DVD drive packed up the other day, flat out refusing to even sniff any of my PC Gamer coverdisks. It has failed miserably to consistently perform the job it was intended to do. This, in itself, wouldn't be much of an issue for me if it weren't for the fact this isn't the first time it's happened: in the last 4 years I have needed to purchase a DVD drive because it broke FOUR TIMES! FOUR BLOODY DRIVES!! What the HELL is wrong with the guys who make these?! CD drives used to last forever, but DVD drives? I'm getting through them at a speed that is fast approaching the speed of stupid. So, having now bought a nice Sony one for a mere 30 quid, I have now decided to vent my frustration on the old model homicidal-maniac-style. The drive is to be placed in a friend's back garden and we plan to subject it to hairspray, cigarette lighters, sledge hammers, a large axe and anything we can find in his garden shed. There will be photos. Any do-able possibilities in respect to adding to our list of things to do to the drive are welcome, so long as you post them before I go to bed. So now would be great. Wait for me to post some photos of this grand event tomorrow... Ehehehe. Posted on 2004-09-04 22:29:31
Alex	Quote:Originally posted by Interference22 What the HELL is wrong with the guys who make these?! CD drives used to last forever, but DVD drives? I'm getting through them at a speed that is fast approaching the speed of stupid. DVD drives obviously hate you. Mine has 1999 stamped on the underneath, but still works perfectly... It's a conspiracy if you ask me. Posted on 2004-09-05 00:18:43
Interference22	Yes, but do you actually read CDs with it? My old DVD drive STILL reads CDs fine, as does my combi-drive that is supposed to burn CDs and read DVD but now only burns CDs. It seems that the DVD drives just inexplicably lose their ability to read DVDs over time, gradually finding it harder and harder to access one until it fails entirely. The very first one I had (a Samsung one) eventually couldn't read discs of ANY kind. Posted on 2004-09-05 01:07:31
Mythril	One of my DVD drives kind of burned out. It gave a loud 'POP' sound, and it smelled burned plastic, and after that it didn't work anymore. I wasn't even using the DVD station at that time... :/ Haven't experienced that again, though. (I didn't buy a new drive either, since I don't use DVD so much, and I had a CD burner that I could use for CDs...) Posted on 2004-09-05 09:44:12
Alex	Quote:Originally posted by Interference22 Yes, but do you actually read CDs with it? My old DVD drive STILL reads CDs fine, as does my combi-drive that is supposed to burn CDs and read DVD but now only burns CDs. Yeah, mostly CDs, but until recently I didn't even have a proper DVD player, so I had to use my computer for watching DVDs... It must have played thousands of videos by now. Just lucky I suppose... Posted on 2004-09-05 10:17:47
Interference22	Well, I unexpectedly didn't get the opportunity to hit my drive (repeatedly) today, so the grand event will be tomorrow. My offer still stands to carry out any inventive DVD drive torture methods you guys can dream up, by the way. Posted on 2004-09-05 23:24:19
Alex	Quote:Originally posted by Interference22 My offer still stands to carry out any inventive DVD drive torture methods you guys can dream up, by the way. May I suggest death by sword, in true RPG style? Some kind of magic spell would probably be better, but not quite as practical... Posted on 2004-09-06 00:03:02
Interference22	(Apologies to 56k users in advance, the pictures were JPEG compressed in a hurry, so won't be as small as they could be in respect to file size) As promised, I present the burning, whacking, smashing, pummelling and general trashing of my old DVD drive in photo form, with the help of my manservant... er, friend... Andy, who is certifiably insane. He's the guy with the 'Fck Fear' T-shirt, just so you're sure. Nice, isn't it. But it has failed me for the last time. IT MUST BE DESTROYED. Yargh! Firstly, we answer the age-old question: what happens if I put firelighters on a DVD drive tray, set light to them and jamm the tray shut? Well, this happens, obviously: Not a lot going on there, really. So lets make things more interesting. A lump hammer should do it! Better! We now have a bloody huge dent. BUT I WANT MORE! Andy, here, demonstrates what happens if you drop the head of a very big axe on the drive. Excellent! Next up: what happens if I stick some sparklers in it? He looks so happy, doesn't he? Actually, he's in pain. Kids: wear gloves, for chrissake. cough* hack Ok, smokey. Good. The internal workings of my old drive now look like the regurgitated remains of a four course meal. And now, we drop it off the roof! Bugger. Hardly scratched it! Maybe dousing it in white spirit, lighting a very large stick wrapped in paper and blasting at it with spray-on deodorant will work? Hell yeah! Well, that's good, bits are falling out of it now. Yay! Now a hammer and chisel! SMASH-SMASH! BREAK-BREAK! I feel so much better now. See? Destruction as a form of creativity: it's supposed to be ironic... Oh, nevermind... Posted on 2004-09-06 23:21:36 (last edited on 2004-09-07 23:29:38)
anonymous	Appalling. There are technology-starved people in the third world who would kill for a half-working DVD drive, you know. This is a display of western decadence at its worst. For shame, gentlemen! Posted on 2004-09-07 00:23:39
Interference22	Quote:Originally posted by Unimportant NPC (Anonymous) Appalling. There are technology-starved people in the third world who would kill for a half-working DVD drive, you know. This is a display of western decadence at its worst. For shame, gentlemen! Well, it's no use if they haven't got any computers in the first place. It could have made a good door stop, I suppose. But then, so does a brick. Posted on 2004-09-07 00:38:30
Troupe	Posted on 2004-09-07 01:09:08
mcgrue	Congrats to Troupe on our 20,000th post. Posted on 2004-09-07 03:03:52
ThinIce	Quote:Originally posted by Unimportant NPC (Anonymous) Appalling. There are technology-starved people in the third world who would kill for a half-working DVD drive, you know. This is a display of western decadence at its worst. For shame, gentlemen! Remember that he paid the schillings for it. Posted on 2004-09-07 06:26:00
mcgrue	HOW MANI TUPPENS FOR A DEE VEE DEE DRIVE GOOD SIRE? Posted on 2004-09-07 11:53:52
Ness	I've been missing from the internet for to long.... mabey over thanksgiving break I'll destroy the 2 Hard Drives that crashed within a week of each other.....now all I need is a sledge hammer.... Posted on 2004-09-07 14:08:16
Interference22	Quote:Originally posted by mcgrue HOW MANI TUPPENS FOR A DEE VEE DEE DRIVE GOOD SIRE? Tuppence?! Schillings?! Pounds, good sir! Pounds! Around 28 of our fine English pounds if you buy a good one, without any wires and whatnot. Needless to say, it's value plummets to precisely zero pounds if it doesn't actually work. Posted on 2004-09-07 23:31:45
Troupe	Quote:Originally posted by Interference22 Quote:Originally posted by mcgrue HOW MANI TUPPENS FOR A DEE VEE DEE DRIVE GOOD SIRE? Tuppence?! Schillings?! Pounds, good sir! Pounds! Around 28 of our fine English pounds if you buy a good one, without any wires and whatnot. Needless to say, it's value plummets to precisely zero pounds if it doesn't actually work. How many dollars is that? Posted on 2004-09-09 02:46:41
Interference22	Fuck knows. this is the Internet: surely there's a currency converter you can ask? Needless to say, it's probably still overpriced. Posted on 2004-09-09 23:10:03
Troupe	I meant 0 pounds = ? dollars But it's not as funny when I have to explain it :((( Posted on 2004-09-13 05:26:35
ThinIce	1 pound = 453.59237 grams! 538 schillings isn't bad et` all! Posted on 2004-09-13 12:05:34 (last edited on 2004-09-13 12:09:55)

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