This is a typical failure for these drives. One of the lasers has
probably failed, and you need to replace the drive. The good news is
that they are inexpensive..
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Russ Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have an older Compaq D510s computer, 2.5 GHz
> Pentium 4, 2.5 GB ram. I have loaded Win XP, then Win 7. I have tried two
> different DVD drives, but the computer won't read the DVDs. The drive is
> recognized and there is no update for the drivers. The drive will read a
> CD, but not a DVD.
> A second D510s running Win 7 does read DVDs.
> Any ideas?
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