Dvd disc not recognized

[Ron]

Try this, it helped me.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;314060

Tweed
>-----Original Message-----
>I am having problems playing DVD's on my COMPAQ DVD-ROM
DVD-115 unit. I am
>running Windows XP Home Edition. Plain and simple the
problem is this, when
>i insert a DVD disc, the drive spins and nothing
happens. Windows does not
>recognize a disk in the drive, this happens with ANY
DVD. The software will
>respond with {no valid disc/drive found}. These are the
things i have
>already tried, uninstalling DVD-Rom driver and
rebooting.. Removing then
>re-enstalling the DVD software. My Windows XP is up to
date, and it would
>appear there is no updates for the DVD Rom as it is now
over 5 years old. I
>have contacted the COMPAQ support team and came up empty
handed. (btw, the
>drive has worked fine up untill now, no new hardware has
been introduced
>since the problem occured.) I have also all but
exhausted all resources from
>the Microsoft Knowledge Base with no real help.
>Short of the dreaded RE-install of Windows XP, im open
to any and all
>suggestions..
>
>
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