DVD does not work

I have a Macbook Pro 15" 2.16 GHz (A1211) running OSX 10.4.11 which cannot see its own DVD drive. System Profiler says that the hardware is there, but if you load a disk, it spins and clicks and whirs for a while, and then unceremoniously ejects the disk. I figured that this was a hardware problem, so I went out and bought a USB DVD drive, and got the same behavior! System Profiler/USB shows the disk, but disk utility and finder do not see it.
I am not an expert on internals of OSX, but I did check to see if IODVDStorageFamily.kext was loaded, and it is loaded. I tried out the USB DVD drive on a G4 PowerMac running OSX 10.4.11 and it cheerfully worked as expected.
I found some advice on this forum that said to first zap the PRAM (I did, and it did not help), and then replace the internal battery (which I have not yet done). I bought this machine in November 2006; would the battery be dead by now?
Thanks for any help you can give....

Justin:
Yes, it is an original boxed release. I just tested it on a different Mac, and it mounts fine.
Great. Try it in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
• Boot the other Mac in which you were able to boot the disk before in Firewire Target Disk Mode. It now becomes the Target computer.
• Insert install disk into Target Computer's optical drive.
• Connect computers via firewire cable
• Option Boot computer to which you want to install (Host computer).
• Select Install Disk for startup and click on the straight arrow.
• Proceed with Installation
cornelius

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