T530 Win 8 optical drive power off issue resolved

I found that my optical drive would power off & couldn't power it on (like many of you) when it arrived md Nov.
Did a bunch of research & tried a lot of things and it finally stayed on.
A few days ago it was powered off again. Finally noticed that the day before I got an auto download of Lenovo's power manager.
I 'uninstalled' it & the drive stays on.
Needless to say I turned off auto updates.
Hope this helps someone out there.

mobal wrote:
What is the solution? How to revert to a pervious Intel Rapid Storage driver?
Yes. You need to install the 11.2.0.1006 version of the Intel Rapid Storage driver. Here's the manual install process from the README file:
Installing files
12. Select Start.
13. [Windows 7/Vista]
Right-click Computer, and then select Properties. At the left pane, select
Device Manager.
[Windows XP]
Right-click My Computer, select Properties, select the Hardware tab, and
then select Device Manager.
14. Double-click/double-tap the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers or Storage
controllers category.
15. Double-click/double-tap either of the following devices;
Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller
16. Select the Driver tab, then select Update Driver Software...
17. Select Browse my computer for driver software.
18. Select Browse..., then point to driver location specified in step 9.
19. Make sure the checkbox next to "Include subfolders" is checked and select
Next.
20. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart
the computer.
Delete the file saved in the step 4.

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Dear Kamal,
We have fixed this issue by changing C565 from 100pF to 220pF. All the stock had been reworked, and we have informed all the MSI™ Distributor locators.
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Sorry for any inconveniency.
Best wishes,
MSI Technical Support Team

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