Intel SSD 530 startup problems on ThinkPad W520 - Bug in SSD or lack of BIOS support?

The are problems with Intel SSD 530 and ThinkPad W520. Many people, including me, are complaining about startup problems ... see this thread also: https://communities.intel.com/thread/44258
One month ago I bought an Intel SSD 530 240GB to replace the stock HDD of my ThinkPad W520 (4270CTO). When I cold-start the laptop everything is fine, but when I restart it from Windows 7 or even CTRL-ALT-DEL, the drive is not found. Both SSD and W520 has the latest firmware/BIOS.
I had no problems with Intel SSD 335 240GB; Windows starts and restart without problem, but with the Intel 530 it fails when I do restart, the BIOS does not find it after a normal reset. I think BIOS implementation for W520 does not support the newer ATA feature called "Device Initiated Power Management (DIPM) for Software Setting Preservation (SSP)". There is a BIOS update for W530 but not for W520.
Should I assume Intel SSD 530 is and will remain incompatible with ThinkPad W520 or wait for a BIOS update?
W520 | i7-2720QM | NV Quadro 2000M

I am also seeing the exact same issue. I have a ThinkPad W520 and a Corsair Force GS using a Sandforce 2200 series controller. According to the Intel SSD thread, there is some incompatibility between that controller and Intel QM77-chips which is causing the issue.
The symptoms for my laptop are the same. SSD is always recognized on cold boot, but effectively never on warm boot / restart. Will we get a BIOS update that fixes this?
I have dual boot configuration with both windows 8 and windows 7. The issue is happening regardless of what OS I issue the restart from.

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    EDIT 2: and this thread seems to indicate that the -D flag driver specification is the right solution.  So start here with the -D flag and only if that fails follow up with my initial debugging suggestions.
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    0A68541       SBB ICI7-2720QM                        
    27R1799       VBB PC DOS LICENSE                        
    39T7676       SBB DOS 2000 FLYER - NO                        
    0A68535       SBB 15.6FHD ([B][COLOR="Red"]1900 X 1080[/COLOR][/B]) LED                        
    0A68894       SBB NVQ2000M GR                        
    45M4572       VBB 4GBPC3-10600DDR3 1333SODMM                        
    45M4839       SBB KEYBOARDUS ENGLISH                        
    0A68527       VBB NO FINGERPRINT READER                        
    0A68558       SBB 720P HD CAM INT MICR                        
    0A69620       SBB I RAID-NOT EN                        
    0A68552       SBB 320GB HDD7200RPM                        
    0A71939       SBB DVDRECORDABLE                        
    0A68529       VBB ECS+4IN1CR                        
    45M4816       SBB 9CELLLI-ION BATTERY                        
    0A68904       SBB CPNAMLC+ 170W AC AD                        
    0A68261       SBB BLUETOOTH 3.0                        
    45M4804       SBB IN.CENT.ULTIMATE-N 6300                        
    44C7950       SBB INT WRLSSWDAREANTWRK UPGR                        
    0A68564       SBB LANG PCK US E

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