There are no pinholes. I uninstalled the drive and rebooted and, after re-installing, the DVD-ROM door opened. But now windows won't recognize the CD-RW drive (F:). I don't get it.
I tried to update the drivers, but it just kept spinning its wheels. That's when I tried re-installing the drive. At least now I can get a disc in and recover if necessary. Fortunately I backed up everything when it was the F drive that was working. But I'll have to keep discs in to keep them from disappearing again. Why would that matter?
oh, forgot to add- the drives are 5 years old.