DVD Drive Issue

[smith134]

My DVD Drive show me strange behavior. It reads CDROM smoothly, but it not reads DVD anymore. When I am trying to insert DVD, computer goes freeze. can anyone tell me what problem with it.

[ACtheTROLL]

it's bu@@ered

you have two heads and plenty firmware that actually covers a frightening number of different file systems and formats (4 variable power heads if rw)

if one head goes ... you often get one working and not the other .... or read but not write etc etc

you can get a new one (for desktop) very cheaply
for a lappy ... best to get a usb one

however
first check the conections .... remove the drive from system | hardware manager

redetect ... and see if reloading the drivers works

failing that ... on a desktop you need to know if it's IDE
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&rlz=1T 4GPTB_en-GBGB295GB295&um=1&sa=1&q=ide+connecto r

or

sata
http://images.google.co.uk/images?sourceid=nav client&hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4GPTB_en-GBGB295GB295&q= sata+connector&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=4DjWScCwOpXWlQ f0pYzODA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&c t=title

to make sure the new one will fit