CD drive not reading discs.

[Nullianac]

I tried both the Fallout 3 disc and the Crysis disc, but neither read. Also, there's a green light flashing on the front. What's wrong?

[editline]07:52PM[/editline]

Just rebooted, still nothing.

ALSO I FUCKED UP: DVD DRIVE.

[Physlithium]

Because Fallout 3 and Crysis are DVD's while you only have a CD drive.

[Nullianac]

I mean the default drive it goes too. My DVD drive. It won't detect them.

[editline]08:12PM[/editline]

Now it says "E:\ Application Not detected"

Could I uninstall it from device manager and let windows auto redetect?

[editline]08:18PM[/editline]

I think I may have found a possible fix. Should I try it?

I HAVE THE SOLUTION.

This happened to me and i called a dell support guy and he fixed it!!!
This is what you do...
Start the Run Command Prompt
Type in "regedit" without the parenthesis then click ok
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Then SYSTEM
Then CURRENT CONTROL SET
Then CONTROL
Then CLASS
Then find {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
The whole thing looks like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Then delete the upper and lower filters....

RESTART YOUR COMPUTER THEN THERE YA GO!

[editline]08:57PM[/editline]

Bump.

[Sharkle_Bunwich]

Could be possible that your disc drive is broken.

[Nullianac]

Ok, Can't even do properties on it without explorer crashing.

[editline]10:12PM[/editline]

It didn't stop working until a today. Also it runs extremely hot.

[editline]10:32PM[/editline]

The disc comes out VERY hot.

[compwhizii]

It's broken don't put anything else in it.

[harbar1232]

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;16469841]I tried both the Fallout 3 disc and the Crysis disc, but neither read. Also, there's a green light flashing on the front. What's wrong?

[editline]07:52PM[/editline]

Just rebooted, still nothing.

ALSO I FUCKED UP: DVD DRIVE.[/QUOTE]

Throw it out and buy a new one; it's only like $25 and you won't have to dick around with it.

[compwhizii]

If you can try another IDE cable for the drive before you buy a new one, just to be sure.

[DementNeo]

DId the registery thing help? Mine's broken too, on some disks. It can't rip or burn fully either :/

[Nullianac]

The registry thing didn't fix it.

[DPM]

-Go to your device manager.

-If you're running vista just press the windows key on your keyboard and type it, but if you're using xp right click computer and click manage.

-Under the computer manager window you should see the device manager.

-When the device manager opens make sure you don't have any exclamation points or anything on any devices listed under the "disk drives" list.

-If you do have an exclamation point right click it and select update drivers and see if that helps.

[The Pro]

have you installed any games that use StarForce?
have you installed nero or some other shitty software?
have you tried another operating system, such as a linux livecd?

[Nullianac]

Nero came with this PC, but I never used it for anything