Macbook not recognising optical drive

i thought it was something else but its just nt recognising it. i went into info about the mac and disc burning info, it says no burning device was found...

reset the SMC, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
reset nvram, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
If that doesn't work. it is possible that it's just a software issue.
If the drive will inject media you can try inserting the disk, and then rebooting while holding down the "c" key. this will tell your computer to boot off of the disk drive. You would need to use the Mac OS X Install disk that came with the computer. If it dose boot to the disk, then you know it's just a software issue.
If you book an appointment for the genius bar at an apple store they would test every thing listed above for you. http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
Just make sure to back up before the appointment.

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