Optical drive (CD/DVD burner) not detected by Windows - dv9812us

I've been dealing with the same or at least a similar situation for the past week.
I've got an HP dv9812us running Vista home premium SP 2. The drive is detected by the BIOS because it attempts to boot from the drive, the light blinks, and you can open the drive via the button. Once Windows starts booting, though, it quits working entirely. It doesn't show up in the Computer folder and it doesn't show up in the Device Manager.
So far, I have tried:
1) Following the suggestions listed by HP here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00678214&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_...
- similar to the link given previously, only specific to a notebook rather than a PC
- includes suggestions for running MS FixIt for drive limits
- checking for the presence of the drive in Device Manager
- uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers in Device Manager (which I can't do because the device isn't listed in the Device Manager)
- and downloading and installing the latest firmware and software for the drive (also can't do because Microsoft's software doesn't detect the drive).
2) Following the suggestions listed here by Apple because this problem is apparently common in conjunction with the installation of iTunes with Vista: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2308
- repeats suggestion for download/reinstall for firmware/drivers for optical drive
- also: checking C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder for "afs.sys" or "afs2k.sys" files which may interfere with GEAR drivers for iTunes
- manually removing the GEAR drivers from your computer and registry and then reinstalling them.
3) Running the HP and Windows Update programs to make sure all of my software and firmware is up to date.
4) Uninstalling iTunes and downloading and reinstalling iTunes.
5) Physically removing and reinstalling the optical drive without powering up
6) Physically removing the drive, booting up, shutting down, reinstalling the drive, and booting up again.
7) Hard reset suggested by CherylG
8) Removing the optical drive from my roommate's Pavilion, exchanging the mounting bracket and bezel from mine, installing the known-good drive into my computer, and booting (everything was exactly the same as with my normal drive...worked in BIOS, quit working as soon as Windows began booting up)
9) Running sfc /scannow and found no corrupt files
10) Placing hammer where it can be seen by my laptop as sarcastically suggested by my friend Jason.
None of these have worked and I can't find any other suggestions listed anywhere. I'm keen on the iTunes issue simply because I hadn't really used the optical drive since I'd installed the newest version of iTunes and it had worked prior to that. Is there a way for me to find the drivers for the optical drive manually? Microsoft wants to find them itself, but since Windows doesn't detect the drive, all it does it tell me that Windows didn't detect the drive.

Hi, guys, I have had the exact same problem since the summer of 2010. Here's what I was able to find out.
Deleting upper/lower filters, running all those Fix Ya programs and other Microsoft crap is useless. This problem is most certainly has nothing to do with registry of any software on your computer. I took my HP 9620us to a couple of repair places and, they tried a lot of things and it appears that the root of this problem is a faulty motherboard connection. Of course, it costs about 400 bucks to fix it so I'm not sure I want to pay this kind of money.
Anyway, if somebody was able to fix it PLEASE post here to let us know. Again I am 99 per cent sure it's some piece of hardware in the motherboard.

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