Chipped PS2 Disc Question

[WrathOskvro]

I bought a few games at Gamestop today. One of them being Pinball: Hall Of Fame. The game plays perfectly, but there's a small chip on the edge of the disc, as you can see here:



I've heard a bunch of horror stories about peoples discs simply shattering eventually due to having cracks or chips in them. So my question is, do you think this will happen with this disc, should I take it back, and if I don't take it back do you think the chip will get bigger over time or even cause the disc to shatter?

Thanks guys.

[Flake]

I would take it back. If you don't...well, nothing is going to happen. A DVD (or CD in the case of the disc you have photographed) spins around pretty damn fast but to actually shatter the way you are describing you would need to have the fastest disc drive known to man. The disc would need to be going at over 20,000 RPMs. Most high end drives go at about half that speed. That little chip won't affect anything.

[WrathOskvro]

I see. I don't mind the chip being there as long as it stays in its current condition and doesn't spread or anything like that. So far in about the 10 minutes I've played it (was testing each game to make sure they worked" it seemed perfectly fine.

[deathsled]

if you're really worried put a teesny tiny dab of super glue on it so the crack/chip can't spread/grow.

[WrathOskvro]

Looks like I'm taking it back. It's giving me disc read errors now. x_x Thanks anyway guys

[flojocabron]

Having a disc shatter is not totally out of the question.

Many years ago I had an audio cd shatter in an RCA 3 disc CD shelf player.

had to take it apart to get all the pieces out.

its one of those strange freak occurences.

I would be more worried about cracks in the center ring. those do spread out after use, or removing the disc from the spindle.

The OP's disc may have been dropped and it landed on its edge on the hard floor. It happens.

doesnt hurt to send the disc back just in case.

[Hobie-wan]

A nick like that can make the disc unbalanced which will make it harder for the drive to read properly. That's likely why you were having issues. A nice rounded chunk like that will not lead to a shattered disc though. Actual cracks at the outside of the disc are the most dangerous as that's where the highest movement speed is. Center cracks can be bad if the spindle clamping mechanism is violent or clumsy and beats on the middle all of the time. The center of the disc moves the least, though if a crack from there starts migrating away and close to the reflective layer, then you're going to get disc rot as air is getting in and it heads to the faster moving areas.

[WrathOskvro]

That is fairly interesting. Mainly because I just never thought of it that way. Tomorrow I'll be going out and about and while I'm out I'm going to ask if they have another copy of it. I'm also going to pick up the Williams collection as well but that's beside the point :p

It took me about 3-4 tries to get my PS2 to actually read this disc, so that was pretty frustrating.