I was checking out my freeloader disc for gc.
It has cracks radiating out from the center of the disc,
a sign of a poor mfg item.
I used cyanoacryliate to secure the cracks and stop the progression.
I was checking out my freeloader disc for gc.
It has cracks radiating out from the center of the disc,
a sign of a poor mfg item.
I used cyanoacryliate to secure the cracks and stop the progression.
I have seen these cracks on actual Gamecube discs too, where might one find cyanoacryliate?
It's just crazy glue. You have to do it in the open with good air so it's vapors do no settle on the disc surface, I use a piece of paper with a circle cut out.
Eek. Sure I've seen PS2 and 360 games start to crack. Never like this, gamecube action replays are getting expensive now too.
Hrm never thought of using Super Glue to try to fix cracks in a piece of optical media. Have had this problem crop up a handful of times but mainly due to some idiot (not me I swear!) chip off some plastic on the inner circle.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...ad.php?t=31524
My feedback thread, since it seems somewhat difficult for people to find.
Wonder if that's what caused this damage as well? Got it from GameStop a year or two back, only really noticed the cracks long after the fact, when I finally went to try the game out...Originally Posted by Bad_Ad84
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See your picture shows what I would expect - damage seems to start at the spindle and looks like a chunk got pushed out and from there its cracked outwards.
On the action replay it's caused by centrifugal force.
The disk literally damages itsself spinning?
Yes, the weight of the disc causes stress fractures from the inside, on 52x drives, old 2x discs would explode if used with no speed control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBAnjq6hKQ
Cyanoacrylate has cappilary action so it will just soak into the cracks,
I have seen it happen on my discs from the game cases when you press the centre to eject it from the game case. My Mario Kart DD case for instance had a defect on the plastic that keeps the disc in the case, it was about 2mm too big on one side.. over time it's caused the centre to crack.
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f20/date...-titles-58659/
The gamecube discs are two discs glued together look at the inner circle that's the original NHL HITZ 20-02 disc.
Some swap magic discs v3.3/3.6 still contain the Crazy Taxi files and you can partially get the game to boot by using the real game elf, but it hangs at the title screen because the rest of the disc is physically missing.
Last edited by KH2K4; 08-23-2011 at 08:00 PM.
My Guilty Gear XX#Reload disc for XBOX has some cracks in the center too.
I've returned a couple preowned games from disc cracks before. One was Rallisport Challenge 2 for Xbox. Put it in my machine and it made a terrible noise.
Good 'ol GameStop quality, they're not very adept at actually checking trade-ins.
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I've had to return 1 zelda collecton (the awesome one with 1 and 2 and OOT)
and 1 PS2 game (Killzone)
Yeah....
I remember when they used to have a disc repairer thingy back in the day
it seems that i have a variac that i need to go did out of my basement . might as well take my busted cd player with . i also need to rip the motor out of the shop vac . i have a ton of disk that have piled up from miss burns . and i was just hankering for so destruction.
Last edited by takeshi385; 09-04-2011 at 02:34 AM.
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I take pliers and pinch in the centers of all my Gamecube and DVD movie case disc holders. No more flexed discs from a rigid center. Now the discs pop out easily without fear of cracking the center.
Here's my PS2 Story:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewt...327287#p327287
Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!
Okay laugh at my pain and don't make my stupid mistake.
You know how when you remove a movie disc from a case you depress the center? Seems a normal way to remove a disc from the case. Press the center and remove the disc in one action. I forgot something in the older PS2 Sony memory card holder cases.
The center has to be depressed and released BEFORE removing the disc. The center holder has to pop the disc out all the way off. If the disc doesn't pop off, the center has large tabs that will really grab the disc when removing.
In my stupidity I removed the disc like a DVD movie, pressing down the center and pulling the disc at the same time. DVD case and my big paws tug-of-war won and the disc lost. Really didn't take much for that heartbreaking loud crack.
A search found three Gamestops where I can re-purchase the game. I don't have to drive around to get a CIB. The manual, and cover are pristine. The disc is not quite new condition anymore. Maybe need a new case too, I did vent and cut the center tab off in little tiny pieces.
Man this design is worse then the ECO cases. Okay has anyone else done something this foolish?
Last edited by CRTGAMER; 09-27-2011 at 07:31 PM.
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Sorry but I can't help but laugh at you breaking the disc. Was it so hard to figure out?
Older Memory Card Holder PS2 Cases
The PS2 disc is hard to grab unless it pops up, the case covers the disc edges. Unlike holding the center of a DVD style case you have to Press the center and RELEASE before removing the disc. Let the game disc pop clear and then remove.
The plier trick also works on the stubborn XBox cases.
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