w540 does not detect DVD drive

W540 does not detect the CD / DVD drive and because it takes a long time to start.

I know that I can put the hard drive to boot first, but now I want to install windows 7 and it does not start.
I have already installed the latest version of the BIOS but does not solve everything.

I wonder what's happening?

Thank for the help that you can give me.

I discovered why the player start out with reinstalling windows DVD.
According to the manual, so that the operating system Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 work, Secure Boot function must be activated. Similarly, restarting the OS Optimized Defaults menu must be activated and when this setting is changed, some BIOS settings are changed automatically including the UEFI / Legacy Boot happening to UEFI. We need to change the UEFI / Legacy Boot for both, only then can start the DVD from the drive.

I thank ColonelONeill for your help.

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