CD Drive keeps opening

Hello everybody,
About a few weeks ago, I got a message from the taskbar stating that my Thinkpad T400's battery can hold only 50% of its original capacity.
Whenever I tried to open the CD Drive(by pressing the blue button on it only once,) a message pops up saying "Turning on optical drive..... To turn it on immediately, press the eject button again." (or something like that.)
When I am working on something, suddenly without any warning or any message, the CD Drive opens.
It has done so about 16-18 times now.(so far after 2 weeks or so)
I am getting pretty mad at this unusual behaviour of the laptop.
Does anybody know a solution?
Thanks,
Chris

When the optical drive is in sleep mode, the drive needs a second or two to wake up and eject the tray properly.
As for it ejecting randomly, scan for malware/jokeware. As a temporary measure, if you don't need the optical drive, remove it entirely from the Ultrabay.
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