[racerbrownn]

the YELLOW UP has me guessing what you mean't.

and how did you get the response that it was not able to read. if you got the error "device not ready" thats not a good sign

quick test to see if hdwe is functioning at all is to observe the bios loading screen on inital bootup.

prebuilts like dell, emachines usually hide it and you have to hit a key esc or del or f1 or f2 [sometimes it tells you which one]
to make the pc display the configuration as to what is seen where.

if not possible to see, unplug the cdrw and plugin the cdrom and see if it works that way.
if not, you may have a defective cdrom.

PLEASE do check the setting on the back of the cdrom as the little jumper needs to be set to slave or cable select [cable select reccommended on cables that have a blue connector on the end near the cdrom or hdd, NOT at the motherboard end]