Re: SATA problem
First Enable sata controller in your BIOS. There may be native/Enhanced mode too, set it to native.
Normal motherboards have 4 SATA ports of which 2 are master and 2 slave. Connect it to a master port. Then power on the machine and check in BIOS if the device is recogonized by the motherboard.
Try disabling SATA DMA transfers for the controller the SATA DVD drive is connected to - that may make the SATA controller run in IDE mode (default is Enabled).
NVRAID - RAID must be disabled for the SATA header the DVD SATA drive is connected to (default is Disabled).
Set DVD Drive as second item in the boot priority list next to HDD and save and exit.
When you boot into windows, open device manager by typing devmgmt.msc in Run command. Check if the device is shown as unrecogonized. If not, rescan for new hardware changes in device manager.
When the device shows up, install the sata driver from the driver disc provided along with the drive or alternatively download sata drivers for DVD ROM drives and install.
One Thing I can assure you, YOU WILL NEED DRIVERS FOR THIS DEVICE TO WORK.
If nothing works till now, you will have a harder way to go around. check back and report what happens soon. Good Luck!