blu-ray drive losing connection/ power intermitently

[grandam88]

hi,i have a sony blu-ray rom drive model#bdu-x10s. 2x speed . computer specs are:
2.44ghz quad core amd phenom processor
4gb ocz 800 memory ddr2
500gb sata hdd
250gb ide hdd
9600gt pny verto video card
500 watt antec power supply
32" insignia lcd 720p as computer monitor
samsung writemaster dvd optical ide drive

a blu-ray movie or dvd movie will be playing, all of a sudden the movies stops playing for app. 3 secs and light on drive stops blinking and drive stops spinning. after the 3 secs light somes back on drive starts spinning again and movie continues. this happens on both dvd movies and blu ray. i am running windows 7 currently. movies have ran fine before but after a install of windvd, these things are starting to happen. so i went ahead and removed it (windvd) and installed cyberlink power dvd 9 ultra which has the same problem, also tried dvd video in windows media player and had same problem.

i am leaning on hardware issue, maybe even sata cable. let me know what yall thank, and all help is appreciated, thanks