DVD drive driving me nuts

[DDude26 0]

Hello comp techs!

I took a dvd drive and cd-rw drive off my grandfather's computer which the power supply failed and I put it in our computer and the cd-rw drive works right but the dvd-rom won't work.

when i put in a dvd, it can't tell if its dvd or not so it says that its an audio cd and i tried to open it manually and play it in windows media player and still won't work.

I checked all of the drivers and other obvious stuff (region 1, codec, etc) and it still won't work.

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

PS: it uses IDE technology!

[Vapor 0]

What kind of DVD are you inserting? Try puttin in a couple of DVDs to see if it will be any different. Try using a non-video DVD like an install disc (make sure it is a DVD install disc and not a CD) and see if that works. Try to single out exactly what the problem is.

[DDude26 0]

i've tried homemade dvds (HS hockey games) and real movie dvds (Rent, Friday Night Lights, etc.) and i don't have any dvd install disc handy.