• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    Did that actually break computers? I remember hearing about it at the time but I also don’t remember having a problem. I didn’t think I took any real precautions either, I just carried on as per and nothing ever happened.

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      6 months ago

      the starforce driver sometimes prevented some exotic cd drives from working or caused bsods while playing audio cds, but the cases were relatively rare

      nvm i didn’t realize they were talking about a different kind of drm