T400 CD-R & DVD-R write error

Hi All,
I have a T400 that came with Windows XP installed and a recovery disk with a Windows 7 image.  When XP was discontinued, I used the recovery disk to upgrade to 7.  Since doing so, I have not been able to use the optical drive to record media. 
I found an article from lenovo that says that this issue is related to the IRST driver being out of date.  They provided a solution and workaround procedure.  I have tried the workaround and have been successful on a few occasions. The solution is to update the IRST driver but Intel Rapid Storage Technology is a RAID driver package and I'm pretty sure my T400 does not have a RAID array.  Perhaps there is another driver that I need to update. 
The drive is a DVD / CD RW Multi Recorder and it will read any disk I put in,  but it will put up a fight to record.
Any advice?
Thank you in advance,
JP

Hi Jpsrecording,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per the query we understood that you are facing an issue with DVD-RW write error on your ThinkPad T400.
Are you checking with Windows default burning tool or with any other 3rd party tools?
Below is the link to performing troubleshooting steps for the DVD drive issue.
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/migr-4yrpz7#recording_troubleshooting
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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