C309g disappeared from Windows 7 machine after HP update ran

We have had a c309g attached via the LAN to a Cisco-LinkSys E3000 since December. Several computers have the printer installed, including a Dell desktop running XP SP3 (connects via LAN), a Dell laptop running Vista Business SP2 (connects wirelessly) and a Dell laptop running Windows 7 (connects wirelessly).
Last week we got a popup advising HP updates were available and applied them (this occurred on the Windows 7 and Vista machines; not sure aboit the XP machine). After doing so, the printer was no longer accessible from the Win7 machine, and the HP Solution Center on that machine indicated the installation was not complete. The other computers were OK.
I corrected the problem on the Windows 7 machine by going to
All Programs -> HP -> PhotoSmart Premium c309g-m -> Add a Device
then completing the wizard.
The first question is, why did applying the HP updates corrupt the installation, and only on the Windows 7 machine? Have others had this problem?
A second question is, how can I view the update history? I have no idea what got updated - was it the Solution Center or the driver (on each individual machine), or the software on the C309G itself? The web interface shows version numbers but no history information, and Solution Center doesn't even have a Help -> About option - you have to re-launch it and write the version down "real quick like a bunny" as my first COBOL instructor used to say way back when Hector was a pup (yes, he used to say that, too).

+You can always rewrite the internal BIOS regardless which version you have now. Just make sure you checked all the settings in this program.
Go back into the BIOS settings, then find the optical drive. Make sure it is not disabled there, select IDE-ATA or maybe SATA. Don't forget to save the settings on exit.
After you will start the Windows, go to the Device Manager, right-click on your PC name, and select Scan for hardware changes.+
I have tried to rewrite it with the .exe BIOS file, which I got from the official link. But when I start that file it stops, saying that the version I try to install is not newer than the actual one. If there is any other way I could use this .exe BIOS file to rewrite my BIOS, please let me know. I couldn't figure it out so far. In the old times I just made a bootable floppy disc with the BIOS files on it and it worked, never told me not to install an older version or anything like that. But now this InsydeFlash doesn't let me do that.
I can't find the optical drive in the BIOS. Anyway, there is a setting there, so I tried to change that setting from AHCI to IDE(Compatibility), but no result.
The Device Manager in Windows still not able to find it.
By the way, what could that yellow light on the DVD drive mean? It turns on as soon as I switch my laptop on.
Edit: I managed to extract the individual files from the 7-Zip .exe, I changed the flag, so it didn't check the BIOS versions anymore, then I did rewrite the BIOS to the original version (which was active when I bought the laptop), the DVD drive is not visible anywhere, everything else is fine. So I guess it is a hardware problem afterall, it wasn't a BIOS, so it has to go and get repaired.
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