Hot CDs

[trueblue]

Ok clever techies...

What does it mean when your Cds are very, very hot when you take them out of the CD drive on yor computer.

Never really noticed it before though don't use Drive E much.

Everything seems to be working fine, but is this early warning of dire news?

 

[beorhthelm]

it means they've been spining around in there for ages. quite normal in Car CD players wheres there's little/no ventilation in the device. no problem, but probably best avoided - take out the cd when not in use.

 

[Marc]

also check the air flow through your PC, ideally tou want one fan at the front sucking air in with another at the back blowing the hot air out (along with the power units fan).

 

[trueblue]

This is simply after playing them on my computer. Wondered if it might mean my PC is getting too hot and may go bang... the fan used to make a rattly noise which has stopped.

Still.... everything seems to be working ok at the moment.

It's the type of thing I think about in the summer when there's no decent football to keep me entertained

 

[Marc]

unplug you PC take the cover off and carefully use a hover to get rid of any dust around the fans, if the CD drive has a spare slot away from the HD's then move it there so more air can move around. Plug it back in and turn it on and watch the fans, make sure they are spinning!
If the CD drive is over 2+ years old then just get a new one anyway

 

[trueblue]

Ok - nice one. I may have a dabble at that.

 

[tinx]

You can even buy a DVD writer for about 40 quid now. Can't go wrong for that.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I too recently noticed how hot my cds were when I took them out of my CD drive. I'm sure it'll be ok...

 

[sully]

... the fan used to make a rattly noise which has stopped.

The fan's probably seized up now, then!

 

[trueblue]

The fan's probably seized up now, then!

I did wonder. But my PC is on for hours at a time, and still seems really quick - very rare that it freezes up, so I'm assuming that whatever rattled has shifted itself. It only used to make a racket when it was first started up - would settle down and run silently after a few minutes.

 

[Marc]

I did wonder. But my PC is on for hours at a time, and still seems really quick - very rare that it freezes up, so I'm assuming that whatever rattled has shifted itself. It only used to make a racket when it was first started up - would settle down and run silently after a few minutes.

I found (on one of my old PC's) that a quick sharp whack to the side of the case would shut the fan up not recommended though so take the case off (unplug obviously) and tighten the screws, if its the CPU fan there should be a screw in each corner so make sure they are tight.

Overtime the heat inside the PC can force slow migration of chips/cards away from slots, hence why alot of cards/chips have locked things to keep them inplace!

 

[Incredigull]

unplug you PC take the cover off and carefully use a hover to get rid of any dust around the fans,

Would that be a flymo or qualcast ??
Might be better to get a hoover !!