Your drive problem is that the lens is not reading the cd beacuse lens is not brought up to its possition to read the cd ie in the mechanism there is a belt that can be worn out( not srong enough to raise up the lens compertment pls check the tightnes of the belt to the pulleys or the lens its self is damaged if so needs replacement
You can even check the motors if there ok by removing the belt applying some small volts to see if it is spining alright .
Most of the time is the lens compertment Belt that get weaken after a period time
Well my cd drive no longer works at all, when i load a cd or dvd in the drive works spins the cd and...
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Well my cd drive no longer works at all, when i load a cd or dvd in the drive works spins the cd and reads it but nothing happens on my computer
i dont even have an E: drive icon. I looked in device manger and it
shows it with a yellow exclimation point over it. I've looked everywhere
for the driver.
My HL-DT-ST RW/DVD Gcc-4522B is not reading any discs (DVD or CD) it spins them and then nothing...
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My HL-DT-ST RW/DVD Gcc-4522B is not reading any discs (DVD or CD) it spins them and then nothing comes up. When you explore the drive, there is nothing on the CD/DVD The Drive does show it is there. Drivers seem to be fine but this is the only thing i can think of which could be the problem.