Windows vista business didnt detect my dvd drive

[mmontgomery]

Hello,

My Vista business machine won't recognize a newly installed SATA DVD Writer, please help.

 

[jedimasterben]

Is it plugged in properly?

 

[505090]

does the bios see it?

 

[mmontgomery]

Found the fix, first time with a PC that has SATA, needed to turn on the SATA port in the BIOS