NEC 3550a suddenly can't read DVDs?

[lektrix]

Havent used the DVD drive in a month and when I put a DVD in yesterday, it suddenly can't read anything..

BIOS & Windows shows the drive perfectly, but when I close the DVD drive (with or without a DVD inside), it reads and reads and reads for 30 seconds and then nothing happens....I already tried disconnecting and reconnecting all the cables but something strange is going on!

 

[Trader05]

try a firmware update. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. Usually the dvd or cd laser goes bad.

 

[cpmer]

mine did the same thing after i started erasing rewritable dvds a lot with it. I had to buy a new one

 

[Puffnstuff]

You should probably just shell out $30 and buy a new drive.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Does it read CDs?

My 3550A still works fine after a year so far.

 

[Varun]

I had a 3550 in my media center to play DVD movies and it started to have a really hard time reading disks. I just purchased a Pioneer drive and I love it, mostly because of how quiet it is compared to the NEC.

My 3540 in my main computer is still working great though.