G50vt-x5 asus laptop dvd drive stopped working

[soupysoup]

Hello

I havn't used my dvd drive in a while, but recently i decided to install a game, but the drive doesn't recognize any disks, and it does not appear in my computer.

Im pretty sure i have all the proper drivers which i downloaded from the support.asus website. I also removed my dvd drive and put it back in and no change.

I upgraded to windows 7 and i found a few other articles saying that their are a few problems with windows 7 not recognizing the drive. So if anyone has had this problem please help.... Thanks

I also tried to update the firmware, but my drive could not be located to do that

Asus G50VT-x5
Windows 7 ultimate

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

Could you please check to see if the drive is recognized at all in the BIOS?

Also, if you have another machine you could test the drive in, that would be great. If not, no big deal.

You can also try updating your chipset drivers and BIOS.

Good luck!
~JK

 

[soupysoup]

I put my windows 7 cd in and rebooted, and it loaded the windows 7 install screen, showing that the dvd drive was fine, and the problem was with windows....

I reformatted and boomdiggidy, the drive works again.

thanks

 

[Frostmourne]

I put my windows 7 cd in and rebooted, and it loaded the windows 7 install screen, showing that the dvd drive was fine, and the problem was with windows....

I reformatted and boomdiggidy, the drive works again.

thanks

Exactly why 7 should never be upgraded, only freshly formatted.