Long story short. New laptop couple months and I am just now discovering this problem. Gateway Vista 64 bit. DVD drive will read dvds just fine but will not read cds. So far I have tried un-installing device driver and letting windows re-install. Hooking up external burner. CDs still not detected. Last night I went to play counter strike and I hear music playing. Sure enough I had a cd still in my drive from trying to troubleshoot this problem. Counter strike auto plays cds when they are in your drive. Odd right? cd will play when in cs but not detected at all in vista. Along with this and cds still not detected even with external burner leads me to believe that it is a software issue rather than hardware. Any insight appreciated.