T42p does not recognize the DVD/CD player

My CD drive is not recognized. Can't find it in the device (Windows XP) Manager. He can not find in the Toolbox diagnostics. System does not start a CD player, which leads me to think that it is a hardware problem and not a problem XP.

I said it's probably the motherboard, but I wonder about the BIOS.  Some boots before the appearance of this problem, I had two instances where when I started, there was no current date in BIOS and I had to continue. I ordered a battery of BIOS, but before I could change it, the clock/date BIOS problem went away.

Now, I have this weird problem with the optical drive. Is there a way to force a BIOS update? I already have the latest version and when I try to update, the update program tells me I've already updated to the latest version and won't go beyond. I really want to force a reflash to see what is happening.

Perhaps a switch to command line to force the BIOS update program? A way to flush out the theBIOS?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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