Cracked DVD: Xenosaga

[Cyber Akuma]

Just wondering, has anyone here ever cracked their xenosaga disk? I have tons of dvds and easily over 400 cds, and I have never cracked a single one.

However, I bought xenosaga recently, and when I took it out I noticed that it woudent work, then I checked the back and it was cracked! I was wondering if these disks are extra-sensative since they are double density or if I was just unlucky enough to buy a broken copy of the game. Also, before playing on the PS2 I put this disk in my pc's dvd drive just to take a look at the contents, since sometimes people put wallpapers or something on their console cd games, this coudlent have helped cause the crack could it?

[TylerDurden]

Ive seen cracked discs. But only in rentals. Ive never cracked any of my discs.



Tyler!

[Cyber Akuma]

So this is likely not my fault because the disk is sensative? And it coudlent have been caused by attempting to read the disk in my pc's dvd drive?

[ihaveanosebleed]

Cracked CD’s can explode in high speed drives. I believe they call it “disk crush”? DVD’s from my rental place have the same problem because the cases they use snap in too hard.

I was actually in a computer shop when someone brought in a CDROM drive that had this happen. Pieces of plastic and metal flecks falling out like sand when they shook it! What a mess! They couldn’t even force the tray out!!

[TylerDurden]

Yes, I too heard of this. Doesnt it usually happen in the 52x cd burners?




Tyler!

[Cyber Akuma]

This is a dvd drive from 2000, its max speed is likely 4x to 10x

[rubber2k1]

take it back and exchange it. Most places will do the exchange thing as long as its for the same title.

[Cyber Akuma]

Yeah I did, I was just worried that if there IS something that caused it to crack in the first place so that I wont do it again.