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Disc Drives
« on: May 16, 2008, 05:20:16 PM »
How hot should they get?  noooo:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2008, 05:23:36 PM »
Judging by mine ~ not very.  whistle:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2008, 05:24:32 PM »
Judging by mine ~ not very.  whistle:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2008, 05:31:34 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2008, 05:34:18 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2008, 05:35:09 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

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Yes.
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2008, 05:36:36 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Yes.
Hypothetically, would it be wrong to chuck a bucket of water over them?  rubschin:

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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2008, 05:37:05 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Hypothetically I think I would turn it off quickly ~ like  whistle:



Before throwing the water at it. Even if there are flames billowing from it.
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2008, 05:40:10 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Yes.
Hypothetically, would it be wrong to chuck a bucket of water over them?  rubschin:



Not wrong per se. Just fuggin dangererous like.  whistle:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2008, 05:41:32 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Yes.
Hypothetically, would it be wrong to chuck a bucket of water over them?  rubschin:



Not wrong per se. Just fuggin dangererous like.  whistle:
Good point - in case somebody slipped-up in it?  rubschin:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2008, 05:55:39 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Yes.
Hypothetically, would it be wrong to chuck a bucket of water over them?  rubschin:



Not wrong per se. Just fuggin dangererous like.  whistle:
Good point - in case somebody slipped-up in it?  rubschin:
Sounds like someone already slipped up.  whistle:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2008, 07:57:02 PM »
Deffo not! Though the discs sometimes come out a bit warm.
So if say, hypothetically you picked one up then dropped it quickly because you had just burnt the ends off of your fingers that would be wrong would it?  noooo:

Hypothetically like?  whistle:

Yes.
Hypothetically, would it be wrong to chuck a bucket of water over them?  rubschin:



Not wrong per se. Just fuggin dangererous like.  whistle:
Good point - in case somebody slipped-up in it?  rubschin:
Sounds like someone already slipped up.  whistle:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2008, 11:24:06 AM »
Not to question your technical ability BM but just how close to your computer was the disk drive when you chucked a bucket of water at it?  point:
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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2008, 11:58:51 AM »
Not to question your technical ability BM but just how close to your computer was the disk drive when you chucked a bucket of water at it?  point:

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Re: Disc Drives
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2008, 12:09:12 PM »
Does that mean that this thread should be renamed 'I knackered my computer by dumping a load of water over it in a fit of panic?'  point:









I've suspected this for a while but are you related to Nick in any way?  rubschin:
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