Hi, I purchased my computer about a year ago and it has been running fine until about a month ago. The problem I am having is whenever I try and play a CD, my computer simply freezes after I insert the CD into the drive. It does play AUDIO CDs fine though. I recently purchased a new CD drive thinking that would solve the problem, but it hasn't. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thanks.....and the computer make/model is..........

Have you done the usual checking for adware/spyware/viruses, etc.? Anything else abnormal with it's function? How old is it? Processor type and RAM?Well, the computer is pretty much custom built. Bought it off a site where you choose the parts and such. It's a little over a year old, Pentium 4 processor, and has 1024 MB of ram. This is the only problem I have had with this computer so far. As for spyware/virus scanning, I scanned my computer not too long ago but I will do it again to be safe. Thanks for the quick response by the way.No problem. That is always a WISE and safe thing to do to start off with, whatever the presenting problem.Ok, well I scanned my computer and deleted any spyware and viruses that were present but it didn't solve the problem. I used http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ to do the scanning. Are there any other options that I have to fix my computer?As Aware
Spybot
CCleaner
AVG Antivius

Free downloads, just google for them. Use in safe mode, and then we'll all feel you are clean and we can proceed if necessary.I would also CHECK the jumper settings on that CD drive...if you have more than one the burner should be jumpered master and cabled at the end of the RIBBON CABLE on IDE2 with the other CDRom jumpered slave and cabled to the middle of the cable.

patio.  Try uninstall and reinstall the drive. Goto devise manager to remove drive. Your windows may be corrupt, Try to see if it works in safe mode before you reinstall install windows.