I have had a problem with my disc drive for a while now, but didn't think much of it until now. My DVD-ROM/CD-RW all-in-one drive is unable to play DVDs, but is able to play any other regular CD. (Burned, music, games, etc.) I didn't care, however, because I have a couple DVD players around the house and would much rather watch movies on a TV than a computer screen.. but I just pre-ordered the new Final Fantasy XI expansion, and it is only being released as DVD-ROM.

When I load a DVD disc into the drive, the computer thinks for a while, then everything freezes. As soon as I hit the button to remove the disc, everything unfreezes and catches up to any buttons i have pushed (say I spammed alt-tab over and over, the computer will switch between all programs open until it finishes.)

I have LOOKED everywhere in the computer (Device Manager, System Information, etc.) for info about this drive, but it seems hopeless. I know that the driver is from 2001, which means it is OLD.. but I don't know which drivers to use to update it. The most useful info i can find about this drive in my computer is in System Information, the PNP Device ID says:

IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_RW/DVD_GCC-4520B____________1.00___\5&38663351&0&0.0.0

I only recognize in that string of whatever is the CDROMHL-DT-ST_RW which I guess means cd RW and the DVD_GCC which probably means dvd player.

I know a fair amount about COMPUTERS, but when it starts to get to the technical stuff, I have to look for help. By the way, on the front of the actual Drive itself is the LG symbol, and DVD-ROM16xDVD as wekk as 52x24x52x.

If anyone is able to help me at all, I would be incredibly grateful. As well, if it is just a driver update that is needed, or new firmware (unsure what this is, but SAW it talked about on a few forums before), please let me know if you know which LG drivers I should download for a DVD player/ CD-RW drive.

Thanks in advance.

PS - I have looked around the internet for different people with the same problems, and have only found people with similar problems, but who received no help at all. So I have done some research before begging for help myself. *bump*
Anyone at all know anything about this? Please help me out if you can.