Bob Blick writes: > Clearly it's your fault, you over-revved the CD and the centrifugal force > blew it apart :) As an aside, the reason that 52x cdrom drives were only produced for a short period of time is because this was happening far too frequently. At those speeds just a slight instability can lead to oscillations which will shatter the disc. -p. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist