R400 optical disk drive doesn't turn on

Hello,
I have the Modelle R400 running Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) on it.
The problem is the opticale disk drive is diabled by the energy manager and it dosn't turn on.
Anybody can help me?

Hi Reiji,
Thank you for the reply!
We wanted to know if the issue with Power Manager setting or with the ODD hardware, if it is working fine after disabling the optical drive option in power manager, then I suggest you to check with updating the Power Manger.
Uninstall the Power Manager application from control panel – program and feature and restart the system. After restarting download the power manager application from Lenovo support site and install it.
Below is the link to enter the downloads page and download latest application accordingly, please click on "Select Product" then in "QUICK PATH" enter the MTM no. select the exact model.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page#
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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