Re: Dvd drive stopped working on my Equium A300D-16C

Hi I need help!
My Equium A300D-16C has stopped recognizing any type of disc, Ive tried double clicking on the drive but they gey kicked out and the message "please insert a disc into the drive" appears.
Having read back previous posts in a bit not to look too much like a dumb blonde and have so far checked the registry values - which are not set, uninstalled the drive via the system device - to no avail. Only had it about 2 months and really cannot be without it.
Any help would be very much appreciated

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