T60 no longer recognizes CD-RW / DVD ROM

so my T60 suddenly stopped recognizing the CD-RW/DVD ROM.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled and tried updating the drivers, but it keeps going into conflict in device manager.
I went into the Bios to try and test, but it isn't recognized there either.
What can be wrong with it. I have tried just about everything I know to fix it.
please help 

Restart your computer, when you see the Thinkpad splash screen press the blue button. Go into the diagnostics and test the cdrom from there. Report back with the results.
T60 2623-D7U, 3 GB Ram. Dual boot XP and Linux Mint.
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