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somebody wrote:
> "Stefan Viljoen" <pov### [at] polard com> wrote in message
> news:4afdb19f@news.povray.org...
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>> A friend of mine says doing it "my way" can damage the drive and / or the
>> tray mechanism
>
> Regular DVD drives are dirt cheap, so who cares? Not that I've seen a
> drive damaged that way. The optical mechanism will die, get dusty,
> misaligned... etc, or the technology will become obsolete long before
> failure due to pushing the door. But if your friend is overly concerned
> about mechanical failures, he shouldn't be pushing the button anyway
> (which also would eventually fail) but use software "eject".
True, they are inexpensive, but if you can avoid spending money
unnecessarily...
My current drive is an LG and I'm pretty pleased with this one. Its been
going about 2 years now, no problems. Previous LG drives did at three month
intervals regular as clock work (had 4 of them in one year!)
But this one is doing quite well. I'll take the eject suggestion under
advisement!
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Stefan Viljoen
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:22:14 +0200, Stefan Viljoen wrote:
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>> I usually close mine by pushing lightly at the end of the tray
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> This is how I have done it for tray-loading drives.
>
> Jim
Much more convenient - than reaching for the button below the tray.
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Stefan Viljoen
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:14:05 +0200, Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:22:14 +0200, Stefan Viljoen wrote:
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>>> I usually close mine by pushing lightly at the end of the tray
>>
>> This is how I have done it for tray-loading drives.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Much more convenient - than reaching for the button below the tray.
Especially on systems where the case prevents access to that button, such
as my HP Slimline s7727c. There's a silver button, but reaching it under
the cover for the CD tray is a pain, especially since I have to reach
around the tray to get to it - and half the time, the button doesn't work
for ejecting the disc.
Jim
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Stefan Viljoen <pov### [at] polardcom> wrote:
> Much more convenient - than reaching for the button below the tray.
I agree and normally do it this way myself. This is one of those subjects where
you've got to be careful if it's somebody else's equipment and they're prone to
worrying about this kind of thing.
Charles
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>> Now I just need to figure out how to get the silver side to be down,
>> and not
>> the side with the label thing on it.
>
> Yeah. That label causes that side to be heavier and have a natural
> tendency to be the down side. I sympathize.
Would now be a bad time to mention that I own disks with data on both sides?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 14-11-2009 12:23, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Now I just need to figure out how to get the silver side to be down,
>>> and not
>>> the side with the label thing on it.
>>
>> Yeah. That label causes that side to be heavier and have a natural
>> tendency to be the down side. I sympathize.
>
> Would now be a bad time to mention that I own disks with data on both
> sides?
>
yes
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Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> going about 2 years now, no problems.
You've jinxed it now.
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Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Anoia indeed.
Wait till your CD gets stuck in your car's CD player. Fortunately it was
still under warrantee.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Now I just need to figure out how to get the silver side to be down,
>>> and not
>>> the side with the label thing on it.
>>
>> Yeah. That label causes that side to be heavier and have a natural
>> tendency to be the down side. I sympathize.
>
> Would now be a bad time to mention that I own disks with data on both
> sides?
Probably! :)
I've only seen such discs with the Flight Simulator X FSX "Global" expansion
pack...
What do your double-sided discs contain? A game's data?
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Stefan Viljoen
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Jim Charter wrote:
> Stefan Viljoen wrote:
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>> going about 2 years now, no problems.
>
> You've jinxed it now.
Maybe...
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Stefan Viljoen
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