DVD stop working

Hello.  I love my Qosmio x305-q706.  It was working really nice.  But like always I have to have more.  So I installed Vista Ultimate 64bit and a month later the DVD stopped working. Any ideas.  Please help

Qosmio X305-Q706 
Sometimes this helps.
   Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
-Jerry

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