My HP Pavilion dv6-3108ea cd-rom drive does not detect any dvd's or cd's........ help please!!!!!!!

My CD-ROM drive cannot detect CD's or DVD's.  I have used the microsoft "fix it" tool and it doesn't detect that the driver is out of date nor does it need updating.  I have tried uninstalling the driver via the control panel settings  and restrating my laptop to see if it will reinstall the driver automatically but it always fails.
Does anyone have any suggestions??? I would be very grateful.
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Hi:
You can try editing the registry.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4927228_use-registry-fix-dvd-drive.html
Paul

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