mythbusters blew this 'exploding cd's' myth ages ago...
and i also remember reading in a 'supposedly reputable' magazine once upon a time that there was no chance of cdroms ever reaching speeds over 4x, and im thinking this myth was blown a while ago as well ;)
after assembling i find that my LD is very dim and is only viewable in deep shadow/darkness, using probes in place of the LD i am getting readings of 5.76v and .45mA
any ideas ??
my batteries are these dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1880