DVD drive won't recognize Dvd's anymore

[Sturmvogel]

I recently did a system recovery on my comp. Before this, it never had problem recognizing DVD's. For some reason it won't anymore. I have the codecs and other pieces of software to run DVD's, as far as I know.

 

Don't think its a driver issue, as I hadn't updated it since I bought it. Any help appreciated.

 

DVD drive: LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4080N

[Weirdy]

It could either be a windows driver issue or one of the cables that connects the drive to the mobo could have come off. Did you look inside?

[Sturmvogel]

I didn't look inside. I'm of the feeling its a driver issue, more so than cables. I'm not comfortable enough to take out the guts of my laptop and put it back together.

[Agozer]

This might be an airheaded question, but what do you mean by "recognizing DVDs"? Would a firmware update help?

[Robert]

I wouldn't be rummaging around in a laptop, that's for sure. Too much chance of breaking something.

 

Have you tried using a USB DVD drive, see if that works?

[Sturmvogel]

Nah...my drive should be able to read a DVD. Have had no problems until now.

 

I disassembled the the drive and looked at the cables. Looked okay to me. There was this small metalic orange piece that I'm not quite sure I put in the right place. It doesn't open as smoothly as before...ah well. It reads fine anyhow after I tested it.

 

 

I'm off to see 300. Be back in a bit. Thanks for help.