Lenovo IdeaPad N580 - Windows 7 - Optiarc DVD RW AD-7740H

I recently formatted my IdeaPad N580 laptop, it came with Windows 8 installed and i downgraded to Windows 7, the Optiarc DVD RW device stopped working, more specifically it "works" but the drivers are messed up (my assumption), it flashes the light, opens/close the tray and even makes noise as if it were trying to read the CD/DVD but all/any CD/DVD i tried with does not execute nor even appears as if there were nothing, the device itself does not appear in the system, no icons.
The drivers (Windows 7 Default drivers) do not work and the manufacturer does not provide a driver download for that model in their site.
Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
This is the relevant section of my DxDiag:
System Information
Time of this report: 4/1/2013, 19:59:47
Machine name: USUARIO-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Language: Spanish (Regional Setting: Spanish)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 20182
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 03.72.275ECN91WW(V8.03)
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B960 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3962MB RAM
Page File: 847MB used, 7076MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
Drive: C:
Free Space: 272.3 GB
Total Space: 305.1 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: HITACHI HTS545032A7E380 ATA Device
Drive: E:
Model: ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (Spanish), , 0 bytes
Drive: D:
Model: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7740H ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (Spanish), , 0 bytes

Read the Microsoft KB found @
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461 Although the article refers to Vista the information about Upper and Lower Filters is also applicable to Windows 7.
Also see the information found @
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/ht/upperfilters-lowerfilters.htm about how to Delete Upper and Lower Filters registry values.
If this doesn't fix your problem then you may need to replace the optical drive.
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