It plays Audio CDs and CD-ROMS but can't find DVDs anymore. The troubleshooting stuff I've read says it should be fixed by restarting the computer. No dice.
All drivers updated. Any clues?
"Meanwhile, with all the chains and things he wears around his neck, Cena looks like he's been jacking hubcaps off some old lady's Saturn." -Bobby Heenan on John Cena
I'm using XP because I simply don't know any better.
"Meanwhile, with all the chains and things he wears around his neck, Cena looks like he's been jacking hubcaps off some old lady's Saturn." -Bobby Heenan on John Cena
The articles/posts I've seen lean towards 2 things: 1. The laser is dodgy/losing power, reading CDs uses a different wavelength to reading DVDs. Normally I'd say that'd be if its a few years old though. 2. The lens is dirty. Cleaning things from Walmart for $10 or so seemed a popular answer.
Depending on how geeky you want to be, you could rule out a hardware problem (maybe) by creating a boot CD that has a DVD player on it. If the boot CD can use your DVD drive, then you know that the issue is a software one and is either your OS or your Player software.
You could try this one Geexbox (geexbox.org) or look for a different one.
Ok, so I know how to do HTML, know about registering a domain name, know hot to FTP to a website. Here's what I don't know how to do: Use a domain name I register without paying a hosting agency.