Dell Inspiron 530 wont play DVD roms

insert a good quality dvd in the drive. If no response, go to my computer and select dvd drive and double click, it may open. GL

Check BIOS.It must show there first.

Your optical drive is not working. you need to replace it.

CD-ROMs dont play dvd becuase they are not designed to read dvd.

If a dvd drive for your model is not available, you can buy an external usb dvd drive.
That should solve your problem

You need to use the software to play DVD movies. Try using windows media player to start the DVD or if the computer came with DVD playing software then try it. You can also check the Dell site and download the latest driver package and install the drivers. It might be missing the dvd rom driver. When you put in the DVD does it autoplay and ask you what software to use to open the disc? You can also go into the control panel and check the device manager. Check and see if the dvd rom is a problem device and/or try to update driver for the device. Have you tried different dvds? Maybe it is having a problem with just that DVD. Some DVD's will not play in a computer but will play in a DVD player.

Close all the burning softwares and check if its working, if not try to flash the chipset for the drive, this would be very much available in the support site, u can download and run the same in the system.

Try to play different cds from your dvd rom drive.
If all of them does play then i suspected the cd that you had inserted to play is faulty.

If all of the cds doesn't work, re-install your dvd rom driver. If it doesn't still read any cds then your dvd rom drive is faulty.

Note: If machine is under warranty no need to pay for the repairs.

Sounds like it could be a faulty drive. Will it play any CD/DVD like a data or music one?

Most likely you need a CODEC

check shark007.net they have an extensive and clean CODEC pack, be careful downloading CODECS many are spyware infections

go into device manager and see if your drive is listed or has an exclamation point beside it.if you dont know how to open device manger go to start menu and click help and search device manager.if there is an exclamation point ! click it and it will tell you the problem.you may need to download a new driver or reinstall the old driver. the only other possibility is the drive is dead :(