HD not recognised but still spinning

Hey there,
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2010 that has now stopped recognising the hard drive, and also optical drive.
I'm using an external disk just now and when I use Disk Utility, neither is showing up.
The internal hard drive is constantly spinning and the optical drive takes in discs and spins but wont eject.
Also, there is a firmware update available (2.5) but everytime I download, install then restart, it doesn't register.
The App Store says the update is still available.
Help! ;o
Cheers

Hmmm, very odd!
This has been an ongoing problem for the past few weeks and was resigned to using an exernal drive until I get a new MacBook.
But, this morning when I booted up, the internal drive was on the desktop and optical drive was recognised! :s
I changed the startup disk and managed to boot to OSX and also done the firmware update.
But now both the internal & optical drives and not recognised again!!!
Could it be the two cables are faulty or a logic board issue?

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