I have a DVD/CD Rewritable drive (SONY DRU-810A), but now, suddenly, it will not read any type of disc.

I tried updating the driver (from 1.0a to 1.0d), however that does not solve the issue at hand. Once I updated the driver, the Windows Notification balloon popped up saying that it had "Found new hardware", but it seemed to do nothing.

I have looked at the connections, and they all seem to be in perfect order.



So, perhaps someone can help me with this rather debilitating predicament?