Samsung DVD-rom stopped working

[Steven Bush]

Hi,
I have a Samsung DVD-rom SD-612 in my system. It stopped playing
DVD's a few months ago, then about a week abo it stopped playing
anything at all. Now to make it worse, if there's a CD in the DVD-rom
or in the CD-RW drive then the CD-RW drive does nto appear when I boot
up windows... I'm not as worried about the boot-up issue, but I
thought it might be related. I have checked the drivers for my DVD-rom
, and my graphics card, and they are both up to date. Does anybody
have any ideas?

 

[Kevin]

What is shown in Device Manager for this drive? A new DVD drive can be
purchased for about $40.00.

 

[Steven Bush]

The device manager lists the correct hardware, but when I look closer
at the driver being use it claims it is a CD-ROM... and won't let me
change the driver...

 

[Peter Hutchison]

The device manager lists the correct hardware, but when I look closer
at the driver being use it claims it is a CD-ROM... and won't let me
change the driver...

Delete the device and reboot and get it re-detect it. I also suggest
you get a cleaning kit to clean out dust and other gunk that may have
collected in the drive.

Peter Hutchison