Problem with optical drive

[cacana]

First time I tried to burn a DVD but after inserting the blank DVD my optical drive refused to read it. It has been working reading CDs with written content in it (like monitor drivers, mobo drivers, etc) and I just tried and it read a DVD movie.

Also I just tried and it also won't read any blank CD, so it doesn't read any blank disc.

This is my optical drive, its about 2 months old.

My OS is windows XP.

Any thoughts, do I need to download a hotfix or a driver, or I should get another one?

Thanks in advance.

[MACuser]

It can be due to old firmware of your DVD drive. There are two possibilities here. First your DVD drives cable is old or the connection is loose. The other is that by updating the drivers this can work. For that right click on My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager and in the list right click on DVD drive and choose update drivers. Keep your internet connection live.