Cdrw/dvd drive not spinning

I got a 655 max motherboard and I have a lot of trouble getting my cds to spin. The drives are both from MSI. Sometimes the cds will spin in the dvd drive but a lot of the time they wont spin at all. In my cdrw drive it sounds like its going to spin but it never does,it has never worked since i got this motherboard and cdrw drive. Im pretty sure both drives are hooked up properly because they both appear in the bios and in windows.
Can somebody help me with this before I send back my computer.

Not an infrequent problem...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4179391?tstart=0

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