I think the laser ate it or something. I uninstalled everything. tonight i will try physically removing, and test out IDE cables make sure. Then try warranty man it was such a good drive t...

and yes it could have been before we put in this indie flick thats ridiculous if i have to dance around my own DVD drive to make it work ok, it should be able to handle errors

oh dude, maybe we havne't been dancing in around it enough!! I haven't danced in that room in a while, maybe that's it. Got a upright fan?