Superdrive suddenly disappeared, Don't think its Firmware

Hi,
I was just typing on my MacBook Pro today, and the superdrive made a whirring noise while there wasn't a disc in it. Just making sure, i stuck a Jack Johnson CD in it (its played in there before) and the drive sucked it in like normal, spun it a coupla times then stopped. it didnt come up in finder, itunes, disk util. and under system profiler it says that "No burning device was found. If you are using an external device please make sure that it is connected and powered properly."
I don't think its the firmware, because I was watching movies on it just a week ago, and i havent updated anything except to Microsoft Office 08. Theres still power in the drive, upon start up, i can hear the drive spin a few times. Any ideas?
Thanks

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