If all software fixes fail, accept that the laser mechanism or motor may have reached end-of-life after a decade of service. At that point, retiring the drive and moving to external USB storage or cloud backups is the most cost-effective solution.
While there are no "drivers" to update, there may be updates. Firmware updates the internal software of the drive itself, often to support newer types of blank media (DVD+R DL, etc.). hl-dt-st dvdram guc0n driver