Satellite A60 CD/DVD not recognised - URGENT

Hi ive just bought my A60 laptop and ive noticed that the CD/DVD drive is not reconised...neither from the BIOS! I ve installed the latest bios updates but still nothing...pls can you help me?

Hello
Like Maier said in this case it can be hardware malfunction. If the device is not shown in BIOS it is probably some serious. Please contact the service partner in your country. You can find them on http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_gaspLocator.jsp?pf=true .
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