[gallaka]

In Advance, I dont know much about computers so sorry if this obvious or something.

I have a computer with a DVD/CD Drive but all of a sudden Cds no longer work and Dvds still do. I searched around abit and people said to others with the same problem that the cd laser which reads the cds might of burned out or something and they have to get a new one, which i really hope i dont have to do. Is there anyway i can fix this problem at all?

Help much appreciated!!!

Edit: Also the computer was only bought 2-3 months ago so its not old, drive only worked like for 3 weeks? also the driver doesnt need updating ive already checked

[gallaka]

someone plz help

[Elvandil]

What do you mean "no longer work"? What is the problem?

[gallaka]

sorry, they just dont start they dont show up as a disk in the drive in my computer. the computer just doesnt recognize them but dvds play fine

also on device manager it says everything is working fine when it isnt

[Elvandil]

Have you updated the firmware on the drive lately? (Not that I am recommending it. In fact, CD's are sometimes lost after an update.)

The very easiest way to find out if it is the drive is to try another. Do you have one?

What burning software do you have installed (including other programs that load CD-ROM drivers, like Daemon, Alcohol, UltraIso, etc.)?

[gallaka]

ok, i havent updated the firmware recently but when i opened it in device manager under status it said 'there are no drivers installed for this device' is it meant to be like that?
i dont have another drive(that im aware of)
by burning software do you mean like cyberlink power(which i have)