My dvd drive only plays cds?

Question

it wont play any type of dvd (game music movie etc). when i put in a dvd my computer makes a whirring sound then doesn't recognize it. (there is no error message) i know the dvds i have tried work on another computer. i have tried re-installing the drive on device manger but that didn't work.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

you have to install any DVD player software....like that one which comes with Nero 7.0

Answer 2

there are lens in dvd drive, one for reading of dvd, one for reading cd only. i think the lens for dvd is not working. i experienced this kind of problem