Hi, im completely new to this site and everything, and i dont know if this is really a relevant question to this site, but im kinda stuck on what to do.

Basically i have had an Asus E616 DVD-ROM Drive for about 6 months now, and it has been working fine. Up until yesterday i have had no problems, and then it started stuttering when playing back DVDs. I think stuttering is the best word for it. This is the case for both the visual and audio. However, i have played audio cds, and regular data cds, through the dvd drive and they all seem to play well.

I have tried cleaning the lens, and have tried reconnecting the leads at the back of it, but nothing seems to work... does anybody know what is wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.

By the way... if they help, here are my specs:
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Asus A7M266 MoBo
512MB DDR 2100 (2x 256's)
Creative GF4 Ti4400
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy Player
Creative 8x4x32 CDRW
Asus E616 DVD-ROM