Still having a problem with cd drive, not playing CD's?
816661
the CD might not be compatible with your CD Drive.\nsome CD drives are not yet compatible with mp3 discs.\nDVDs dont play in VCD players right?\n\n:D
938553
I'm no expert on how to fix computers, but if your CD is still jammed in there, look for the manual release. There should be a tiny hole on or near your CD tray; stick a pin or something slender in there and your tray should open.
788198
Well, when troubleshooting, you have ask questions like, did it EVER work in that cd rom drive?  And if it did, what changed?\n\nIs it the original or a copy?  Some copies will not read in other drives.\n\nIs it damaged, scratched?\n\nDo you have another drive to test it in?\n\nDo other game/data cds work fine in that drive?\n\nI would say, try creating a folder on your desktop, and copy all the files from the cd to that folder, then try to install it.  If it's successful, you'll still need to have the cd in the drive to play.  If it cannot copy all the files, it's likely the cd or drive is failing and will need to be replaced.\n\nProbably a cheap way to find out if it's your cd, and you don't have another drive to test it in, is to go to some game rental place, like Blockbuster, rent the game and try again.\n\nLet me know if this is the best answer.  Hope it helps!
717383
There are quite a few factors as to why a driver won't read a disk. A lot of cd players and DVD players made in 2000 or before are not compatible with the CD's and DVD's made now. Some CD's have a different make up or quality where as your older ones will probably play in that driver, the new ones aren't recognized. Try putting it in a newer player to see if it works. Also, if it's a burned cd, some older players don't play those. Or the cd may not have been finalized after burning. Otherwise there might be another problem that I can't help u with and my have to contact your tech support or where u bought the product.
862456
Ok, \n\nFirst try to eject it from my computer , open my computer and where the cd is just right click and choose eject , if that dosent work , theres a little hole on the front of the cd-rom , just put a paper click into and it should open and last it could be that the cd is not working anymore
837136
To to My Computer, right click, go to Hardware, Device Manager and see if you really have a DVD/CD ROM drive.  My guess is you only have a CD drive, which will neither play nor burn DVDs.\n-MM
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did you try opening it with a paper clip?  (there's a small hole on it, if you unbend a paper clip and stick it in there there's a button or something that it hits that will usually make it open)\n\ndo the cds work after it gets stuck?\n\nbut i really have no idea why it would do that.
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When you say PLAY CD's do you mean they do not rotate. or that you just cannot hear them?\nThe Thinkpad has built in sound, go to control panel and go to the Sounds and Audio Devices, ensure that the CD is not muted, the Volume control is only operative as a Master, and some of the device volume controls may be muted or turned down very low\n\nYou may want to try and right click on a CD in My Computer and EXPLORE, then see if it shows some .CDA tracks, if so double click, if a box comes up asking what to use, then choose Windows Media Player and make sure the check box ofr Allways Use is checked too.\n\nThen right click on the CD drive and go to Properties, go to the AUTOPLAY tab and ensure that that is set up ok
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HAve you properly connected the CD-Rom Audio Cable to your Sound Card and the Back of your CD-Rom Drive. If You won't connect this cable then you won't be able to play Normal Audio CDs. CD-Rom Audio Cables Look LIke http://www.national-tech.com/catalog/cdromcables.htm and Refer this http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000213.htm for proper connection of CD-Rom Audio Cable. \n And if you don't have Cd-Rom Audio cable then you can buy 1 from the market or order online at http://www.national-tech.com/catalog/cdromcables.htm.\n PLEASE TAKE NOTE : Normal Audio  Cds only Play if and only it this cable is properly connect to the Sound Card and rour Cd-Rom Device.
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Maybe the audio file isnt burnt properly to the CD's or\nbetter check up the CD player specification itself,\nas a matter of fact, some old CD player cant play a CD-R, CD-RW format.
629746
You can try to get the latest versions of the drivers & software on the net. Or you can call up your suplyer for some new disks. I recomend the first option.
1117435
Sounds like a corrupted driver. Just uninstall and reinstall. If you have the CD, insert it and you can uninstall from the cd. Then reinstall.
363656
most likely your cd is bad, give it a good cleaning the try again, then buy a new cd
680179
Your cd drive has failed. Replace it.\n\nBest looking at DVD +- RW's as they are proving more stable than CD writers.
832810
you dont really need drivers in windows for a cd drive...  Are you sure the drive is working? Perhaps try it on another computer...
571689
Go into Device Manager, uninstall the cdrom, then reboot. If that doesn't work, reinstall the drivers from the disk that came with the burner, or OS. If you don't have these disks, then download the drivers from the manufacturer's website. What's happening is that you might have corrupted drivers that may need to be reinstalled, or, replaced with newer ones. :)
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Try using a lense cleaner. I had an HP cd-rw drive that did the same crap. It would never recognize a bured cd. Well, turns out, this particular CD Burner was made for HP by Samsung. I did a firmware and driver update, that helped alot. But I noticed that if the drive wasn't cleaned freaquently, it would not read burned cd's, or recognise blank ones. So first things, first, try just cleaning it.\n\nIf that doesn't fix it, I highly recomend replacing it!\nI've never had that great of luck with Samsung drives of any kind in a computer. \n\nI highly recomend drives made by LiteOn. They make a fantastic drives and they're very afordable.\n\nIf You want slightly better performance however, Toshiba makes a realy good drive as well. I highly recomend one of their DVD multi drives!\n\nFinaly, Pioneer! A little pricey, but not too bad. I've had a couple of their DVD rom drives. One thing I can say about the Pioneer drives is that they do much better with dirty and scratched Optical disks than most drives I've used. I don't know what their DVD burners cost now adays, but a strait up DVD-Rom shouldn't be more than 30 bucks!