On a hunch, I reinstalled the motherboard drivers. That fixed it.
Hello All,
I just built my first media server and ran into a bit of a snag. My new optical drive will not play DVDs, but it will play Blu Rays. I have tried a number of players including VLC which worked on my other Windows 10 home box. I pulled out an old Optical drive, and that had the same issue of Blu Ray vs DVD. I have also tried switching cables and ports on the mother board. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I suppose it is possible that both drives have a hardware failure, but I thought there might be a simpler answer.Thanks in advance!

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