My Disc is Not being read..everything else works

Hi Makman,

Please follow the below steps,

1. Make sure there is no loose connection in the cable of the DVD RAM drive , try changing the slot if that is possible.
2. Secondly , make sure you have a lens cleaner so that you can clean the lens and then check if things work fine.
3. If the problem persists , the better option would be to get it checked via a external drive connector and see if it works fine or check it at your friend's PC and see the results,
4. If then the problem persists, then it's surely an indication that the drive will die soon and will not be able to read anything or even probably be detected.

Hope this helps..:) Your feedback would be appreciated.

Try getting a disc drive cleaner. (Maxwell).

www.walmart.com is and example retailer.

it just means that the disc has no media that it can read, or that the media is in a folder, or it is a blank disc.

Since CDs and CD-R's work fine, its probably that the disc tray of your xbox 360 is not working. you might wanna try contacting xbox customer support to check the warranty status of your console. might as well send it in for repairs

try cleaning with lens cleaner and if that doesn't help you need too replace it

Various issues can cause drives to occasionally balk at writing optical discs. These run the gamut of physical, hardware, and software troubles.

Inappropriate or dirty media may be to blame. Make sure to match the type of recordable disc to the drive, and check each disc for fingerprints or other contaminants. If a disc is dirty, wipe it with a clean, soft cloth in a straight line from the center hole outward. Try a quality optical drive cleaning disc if you suspect dust contamination on the drive’s laser lens.

Some discs don’t perform well with certain drives, even within their rated speeds. Try recording at a slower speed and then with a different brand of disc. Also, on PCs, verify that the temporary file storage area on the hard drive used by the burning software has enough free, defragmented space. Allocate at least 5GB for a DVD (9GB for a double-layer [DL] disc) and about 1GB for CD burning.

how old is the player, it sounds like the lazer has gone down if it reads cds and not dvds

Replace the lens with a new one.

Things like this are usually caused by overlooked manufacturing discrepancies. It may be best to contact Sony with your system's model info, serial number, and date of manufacture. They may be able to help you under warranty. Greg Holiday

Try a lens cleaner cd, as when the lens gets misaligned or if it's quite old, it will find it harder to read a DVD as the tracks are much closer together than that of a VCD as they are cd's and their tracks are wider apart and easier to read.