Cd dvd drive not present in Finder

Hi,
This is my first macbook pro, I love this machine however it started giving me problems and I am not an expert by any means. I've searched the net and I couldn't find any answers to my questions so I figured it's time to turn to the experts. Hope you guys can shine some light on the subject cause this is driving me crazy.
I have a macbook pro running a snow leopard with HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N. However it doesn't appear in the finder window or give me an icon on the desktop. I tried doing some of the basic troubleshooting. Make to sure there is a check mark present in the finder preferences window. Disk utility and system profiler both acknowledge the drive as being there however When I put in a DVD, it thinks for 10 seconds and it spits it right back out. And I can not access this drive at all. I'm thinking it might be a problem with the code somewhere but I don't have the slightest idea where to look. I don't know if this is relevant, when I plug in my ipod touch it doesn't recognizes that in the finder window either.
I don't currently have an install disk for the OS. I ordered one and waiting for it to show up. I'm just hoping that it doesn't have to go to that. Any help I can get with this problem would be greatly appreciated it.
Thanks in advance
T

blckolds wrote:
I have a macbook pro running a snow leopard with HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N. However it doesn't appear in the finder window or give me an icon on the desktop.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
Unless there's a disc in that drive, it won't appear anywhere except in System Profiler. What you'd expect to see those places is a mounted volume, not the empty drive.
When I put in a DVD, it thinks for 10 seconds and it spits it right back out.
That's a different problem. Have you tried it with different DVDs and CDs, including commercial ones? If it won't accept any optical discs, the drive may be defective.
when I plug in my ipod touch it doesn't recognizes that in the finder window either.
That's normal. If you launch iTunes you should see the iPod in iTunes' "sidebar".

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