sata dvd drive...help
 

I recently installed ideneb 10.5.8 on my acer aspire m1100 and all is running great even my nvidia 8400gs 512mb graphics card which i had trouble with in past editions.the only problem i have now is that my sata dvd/rw drive is not recognized.my ide one is but it is only a rom.now i could go and buy a ide rw drive but i though i would check here first to see if there is a quick fix i am missing
...thank you in advance
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