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[mikbau]

Hey Guys~
I have an MC9/General DVD issue

I have an IBM thinkpad R32 laptop with a CD/DVD drive. I know that previously, the drive had no issues with DVDs, but it's been a while since I tried to play one.

Now when I put in a DVD, nothing happens - MC9 doesn't see it, Explorer doesn't see it, WinDVD doesn't see it. When I look atdevice manager, it's listed as an "unknown" device, but still has the region tab for the DVD decoder (but doesn't let me change it)

I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling/updating the driver to no avail. No matter what I do, I can't see any DVD I put in the drive (have tried several) I've scoured the net and not found a solution. I even ran PC Doctor's DVD drive test and it fails on the first test.

I'm hoping that someone has seen this before, and my drive isn't t/u

(Fprgpt to mention I'm running XP with all the latest service packs, with the exception of the new Windows Media Player)

thanks much
Mike

[phelt]

There's no chance that you're out of Region changes and the DVD(s) you're trying has a different region? Otherwise I would recommend reinstalling WinDVD.