Optiarc BD Rom BC-5500S - Won't play movies

[smashedpumpkins]

I bought a new HP Pavilion dv5 a month or so back. It came with the "Optiarc BD Rom BC-5500S". I've tried to play my Blu-Ray movie "The Happening" but it's a black screen with no video and no audio. I searched all over the internet for an answer and all I found was that Blu-Ray has some new encrypting technology that requires a firmware update. There's no update for my drive anywhere. I've gone through tons of pages in Google and Yahoo and everything but I can't find an answer anywhere. I figured this is the place to ask. Oh and I've also tried Power DVD Ultra 8 and other random Blu-Ray software players, but none of them work either.

What do I do? I paid an extra $150 for this drive in the laptop and right now it's completely pointless...