so i bought the sims 2 open for business and i installed it fine then after the install the dvd drive won't read the disc i put it in and then the lights go on for a little bit then it just stops and now most of my newer games do this the only disc that works in the sims 2 dvd edition so please help

Have you cheched the DVD's (player) web site for firmware updates? Are the problem discs CD, DVD, or both?

What size processor, how much RAM, what kind of graphics adapter do you have?

Does it have its own memory or draw from shared RAM and if it does, how much does it have?

so no cds work right now only blank dvds and sims 2 dvd work but i haven't tried any other dvds

okay so all my dvds work on it only cds don't that i tried to updated the drivers but it said it was already up to date so i don't know what to do next

i have 1gb of ram and i think it's shared but not sure

Have you tried a CD drive cleaner. I have a bad feeling the drive is failing. The last two I had atop working started with the CD stopped working first.