CD/DVD Drive Not Recognized By BIOS or Windows 7 Professional x86

[franklin5]

Hello. I'm relatively new here and would appreciate your help regarding this.
My BIOS cannot recognize my CD/DVD drive, neither can Windows 7. It was all right until a few days ago.I just inserted a DVD , but when I couldn't see Autoplay, I checked explorer. And the drive was missing under Devices with removable storage.
I searched on Microsoft's site and there was a similar problem, here you go: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

I did the last one, but still to no avail. Can anyone help me?
I have an Asus P5RD2-VM mobo. Quite old.
And yes, in device manager also it is not listed. There is an unknown device with the error:

The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

There is no driver selected for the device information set or element.

 

[reedo_43]

Uninstall the device in device manager and re-boot. If that doesn't fix it, it is time for a new drive. You could try a different cable, power connector or port if you have one available.