Right, I bought Battlefield 2124 the other day. All my specs are perfect for it. and yet , when I load it in , it comes up as a blank cd >_< WTF?!
Stupid question but, Did you take the time to let it load up and the read disk? Try to use the disc on another computer, are there dust/scratches on the cd or lens?
I'm presuming the other DVD you tried WAS a DVD, not a CD. I know it sounds stupid, but I have at least two friends that cannot play some games on their PC's because they run a CD-drive not a DVD drive, and as most games these days use DVD format the readers struggle to, and often fail, to read them.