What I would try is going to device manager and removing the DVD player. On a restart, follow the installation instructions to see if you can get Windows to do it right this time.


>I have a strange situation that I thought I'd run by the experts here.  The
>box is an AMD 900Mhz w/512 Ram 20GB HD running Win98se.  It has a Yamaha 16x
>cd burner, DVD player, and floppy drive.  In My Computer all drives are
>listed: A,C,D,E.  However,  when I push the eject button for the DVD player
>it doesn't respond.  There are no cd's or dvd's in the player.  So I try the
>eject option for the dvd player (drive D) under properties for that drive and
>the cd burner ejects.  But then I go to the cd burner drive (drive E) and hit
>eject and the cd burner ejects.  So basically, the eject command for the two
>drives only activates eject on the cd burner.  Additionally, when I tried to
>play a dvd (earlier, before I couldn't get it to open) it would freeze up.
>
>Do you think the dvd player bit the dust?  How do I know it's that and not
>just messed up in software somewhere?
>
>


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