Optical drive help please

I have a Satellite E205.  Can somebody PLEASE tell me how to keep the optical drive turned on?  It turns itself off when I run the computer on battery and the only way to turn it back on is to wait for the computer to ask me if I want to turn the optical drive back on, and that is completely random.  Geek Squad and Toshiba tech support have been unable to help me.  I'd sure appreciate it if someone could help me out here.

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