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Neither DVD reader/writer reading any discs
I have no idea what caused this. I have two DVD drives--one 22X and one 24X, both made by LG-HITACHI--and I hardly ever use them. It is normal for me to go weeks at a time without using them, and during one of these periods they both stopped working (the time span makes it impossible to find a cause).
I have searched other forums and haven't returned anything that helped me.
Here are some things that I've tried/observed:
-No exclamation points in device manager
-Rerouted wires in my computer a while ago and may have accidentally reversed SATA cables, but tried both ways and found this not to be the case.
-When a disc is in, the green light blinks on and off for about a minute, then has about 10 seconds during which it stops flashing, then continues. While flashing, Explorer locks up if I try to access the drive, and the drive cannot be ejected (with the button, OR with right-click>eject in Explorer). When the light is off, it says "insert a disc" and the disc can be ejected either way.
-Will not read any discs, I have tried a DVD, a computer game, and a driver disc
-Both drives have the same issue, so it's not like the drive is a lemon
Possible theories:
-Since both are made by the same company, is it causing interference with the software?
-No clue.
Please post some ideas, because it's really debilitating not to have any disc drives.