DVD's not being recognized

[Dubbin1]

I have no idea whats going on here but my DVD player will recognize everything but a DVD. I have tried new DVD's and DVD's that I have played in it before. It's been a few months since I watched a DVD on it so I have no idea if its from some software that I installed or what. I have also tried a few different DVD players and none of them work. If I go to My Computer and click on the drive it tells me to insert a disk. If anybody has any clue as to whats going on here please tell me.

Thanks

 

[dreamliner77]

go to Device Manager and uninstall the IDE channel that the drive is on and reboot.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

What operating system have you got??

 

[Dubbin1]

What operating system have you got??

Whoops I thought my system specs was in my sig (I for got I changes it). Anyway I am using XP Pro. I will try to uninstall the IDE channel and see what happens.

Thanks

 

[Hipster Doofus]

See how you go over at Microsoft.

 

[Kush]

the laser might be worn down a bit,

 

[Dubbin1]

The DVD Troubleshooter is a joke and only goes through the basics. I dont think there would be a problem with the laser since the drive isnt really that old and has not been used much. It does show up as a DVD player in My Computer and works just fine for everything but a DVD. I tried uninstalling the IDE channel but that didnt help.

 

[Kush]

doesnt matter how old it is, even though usually it does last a long time before dying on you, but you never know when it could, so i say the laser is dying, btw is this a dvd cd writer combo? also try to update firmware

 

[Mastershakes]

Does it scream when it dies?