Optiarc dvd not being detected and not working

CHECK IN BIOS IF THE DVD IS GETTING DETECTED,, IF DETECTED , GO TO DEVICE MANAGER AND UNINSTALL THE DVD FROM DISK DRIVER AND RESTART AND IT WILL FIX IT

I would first go to bios settings and make sure the SATA is set to "enabled" or "on" or something like that. Otherwise, Windows 8.1 would probably detect the drive.

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Firmware update time! It will work.

When you insert the disk, can you hear the motor spinning the disk?
If not- the Nidec drive motor failed. It may still be under warranty or you can try to replace just the motor if that is the case.

If you are hearing it spin, something on the pickup may have failed.

Will it play an audio CD? If so, the DVD pickup failed.

then you can use only +rw CD or +rwDVD media

try uninstalling product through device manager then reinstall could be corrupt driver if that doesnt work the laser inside is gone

hey gues... we have some problem about my dvd/cd rewritable Drives model AD-7530B . it's my note book HP 520 can detect disk drive , but can not work anything . could you help me and give me information . how i can solution this problem ?... thank's

To delete the offending keys, open the Registry and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlCl ***\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. . Delete the keys named UpperFilters and LowerFilters and reboot.

Here is something to try as a "quick fix" The drive's laser lens might simply have some dust or particles on it which may be causing it to fail to read the DL DVD's. If you use the drive heavily, and I use mine that way, constant opening and closing of the door always allows contaminants to enter--nature of the beast. Try a cleaning cd first. Did you change brands of DVD's? That's an annoying little phenomenon that I encountered with *my* new drive(LG).Some brands are more easily read than others--I've read lots of consumer feedback from people who've experienced this. Next, try a firmware update--the proprietary software that makes the drive operate. This isn't the drivers on your computer. A lot of times, manufacturers will come out with these special updates which fix bugs, have more efficient methods of reading media, or make the drive operate more smoothly. Hope I helped you.--Rick

Unless you use a DVD player software like power dvd or others, you can not watch dvd on your media player. This is a copywrite and license related issue. DVD players are paid players and this is why, microsoft can not include it on windows.

If you are not willing to buy a player now, try vlc media player instad (click here to get ) . Its free ofcource.