W530's Optical Drive Turns off Running Windows 8

With Win8 on W530 , the optical drive powers off soon after boot. Device management bogs down after this. Accessory optical drive and a UJ-260 do the same thing.
BIOS 2.52 and 2.53: same problem. Main board has Intel RAID option ROM.
Running Windows 7, the optical drive stays on with no issues.
Would like to hear if there's a fix before restoring Windows 8. Win7 good for now.
What's on your Thinkpad? T42 2379-R9U, T61 6460-DWU, W530 2436
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Try this: http://techdows.com/2011/09/windows-8-turns-off-power-to-optical-drive-when-there-is-no-media.html
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