Dvd drive L632B help

Hi everyone. I have a toshiba satellite A205 and it came with the TssT L632B dvd drive, which is even indicated on the drive itself. I used to burn dvd`s and other cd`s but of late, i noticed that it cannot recognise any blank DVD. Upon checking under device manager, it showed me that the drive type is indicated as L432D. What could be the problem that caused this change?
N.B - My laptop is always at home so the possibility of somebody having changed my drive is very minimal, if none at all.

What's the full model number of your laptop? It should be on a label on the bottom.
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