Satellite L505D-S5983 - CD/DVD-ROM issue

Hello.
I have a Windows 7 Home Edition laptop that will not boot from the CD-DVD-ROM drive. Under normal circumstances, I know that if the boot order is right, the computer should automatically boot from the CD. However, it instead refuses to acknowledge any bootable disks I have in there at all. I have tried from Super Fdisk bootable CD to Linux Mint 9 Live boot CD version i386. My computer seems to just skip over the CD_ROM entirely and immediately boot from the hard drive.
However, it can still read CDs and DVDs perfectly. I have no problem burning items on a CD or pulling items off. I also have no problem playing games or movies that require a CD or DVD.
Solutions I have attempted:
Changing the boot order. Nothing changed.
Creating new CDs. Nothing Changed.
Gently cleaning the drive. Nothing changed.
Pressing the left and right arrow keys during the POST. Though it did throw me into the screen in which I choose what I want to boot, my only option was Windows 7 in the end.
Checking the Device Manager. My drive is working perfectly according to my computer.
Changing drivers. Updating wasn't possible as I already had the latest drivers, rolling back wasn't an option because there wasn't anything to roll back to, and disabling and enabling changed nothing.
Is there anything else I can do? I'm trying not to buy a new drive, as I'm short on money. I'll do it if I have to, but if I don't have to...
Thanks for any help or advice.

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You might try reflashing the BIOS.
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Mother Board: K7N2 Delta series MS-6570 (v1.X) ATX Mainboard
AMD Athlon™ XP 2500+ 1.84 GHz, 2.00 GB Ram
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer   NVIDIA
System Model   AWRDACPI
System Type   X86-based PC
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BIOS Version/Date   Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 11/7/2003
SMBIOS Version   2.3
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System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory   2,048.00 MB (just updated my ram from 512 mb last week)
Available Physical Memory   1.59 GB
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory   1.95 GB
Page File Space   2.60 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys
Power Supply 400 Antex (ATX12V)
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Slave to Master CD-R/W Rom: MTRP 50x EIDE
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Storage/IDE
Name   Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0065&SUBSYS_57001462&REV_A2\3&13C0B0C5&0&48
I/O Port   0x0000F000-0x0000F00F
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\pciide.sys (5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148), 3.25 KB (3,328 bytes),
Name   Primary IDE Channel
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Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&0
I/O Port   0x000001F0-0x000001F7
I/O Port   0x000003F6-0x000003F6
IRQ Channel   IRQ 14
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes),
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Manufacturer   (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&26D47942&0&1
I/O Port   0x00000170-0x00000177
I/O Port   0x00000376-0x00000376
IRQ Channel   IRQ 15
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\atapi.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 93.13 KB (95,360 bytes),

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