Optiarc BC-5500A on HDX9494NR not reading certain blue ray discs

Hi guys.
Looking around the web it seems that this particular drive requires a firmware update to be able to read dual layer blue ray discs. 
This is the only thing I can think that is wrong with my drive, since it reads most blue ray discs, except the brand new one.  I just got (500) days of summer from Netflix. It plays on my PS3 but it won't play on my laptop. Other blue rays that I have like Transmormers and planet earth work perfectly.
The symptom is that when I insert the drive, the computer starts scaning for 30 seconds and eventually it gives up. With the other blue ray mentioned, it detects them immidiatly.  500 days of summer doesn't look to be scratched or dirty.
Any ideas?
A few stats: I am using windows 7 ultimate and watching the blue rays with totalmedia theater. Firmware reported by the drive is 1.86 (sep14, 2007)
I found interesting that there is no post about this around here.  Is anybody else experiencing the same issue, or do I have a bad drive?

dont hope to get helped here... they got your money and now you are on your own.
I also had problems with this drive. In my case it just stopped reading blu ray discs (it still reads dvd's and cd's).
If you do a quick google about this drive you'll find A LOT of users have problems with it. So its a pretty **bleep**y drive.
HP's solution to this is to just ignore all the complaints.
Same thing with drivers for their hardware. They only update them once and then its over. And if you go to the manufacterer's website (like nvidia for the graphics card) and try to use their latest version available on their site it wont work because HP adjusts the hardware so you can only use drivers from HP's site.
And when you friendly ask if it would be possible to provide updated drivers, they just ignore you...
My conclusion and advice to you is this: NEVER AGAIN BUY SOMETHING FROM HP! because once they got your money you're on your own.

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