T520 DVD drive auto-off

Hi,
When I got my T520 yesterday, the dvd drive is automatically powered off when becomes idle for a while.
After I re-installed Windows 7 x64 this morning, and the dvd drive cannot be automatically powered off.
I have the latest power manager (and power manager driver) installed. I did some google search, it seems there should be an option that I can turn this feature on in/off the power manager.
The strange thing is the "system settings" under "power plans" tab in the thinkpad power manager only has 4 options instead of 6.
They are:
system performance
cpu deeper sleep
optimize fan control to
display brightness.
Thanks a lot in advance!

Try ejecting the drive and reinserting it.
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