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The DVD drive on my laptop has been having some issues...

videos that were previously on my laptop have no trouble playing, audio cds also have no trouble playing...but when I put in a DVD, it stutters along, almost like little brief skips youd hear with an audio cd. ive checked numerous dvds and they all do the same thing.

the thing is still under warranty but im trying to avoid driving to a best buy to have it taken care of if i can handle it myself.

any ideas?

how old is it? how much use does it get? have you tried a lens cleaner?

its about...two months old. it did get used quite a bit when it worked. nah i havent tried anything like that, but beings the cd drive and dvd drive are the same thing, i figure if the lense is dirty than cds wouldnt work either.

i thought the same thing when my DVD player (not ROM) stopped playing DVDs but would play CDs fine...my PS2 did the same thing, but they were both over a year old...

I dunno, how about the DVD program itself? What are you running?

there are like 68 different dvd programs to choose from on the laptop...all of which do the same thing.

sounds like you're gonna be making that trip to BB after all...it may be defective....:(

looks that way.

Try and update all the drivers. 99% sure its faulty. I had the same problem when i first bought my old computer... i took it back and got this one :-D

And don't forget to get rid of all of those players and just use one. Much less bloat on the system.

I recommend PowerDVD.

- Justin