Sata to IDE converter not working

[Cool Buddy]

I bought a new motherboard a few weeks back which did not have an IDE port, since my DVD Writer was IDE, I bought a SATA to IDE converter for it. The problem is, my DVD drive is not being detected after I plugged it in. I tried changing SATA ports, tried a different SATA cable, but nothing helped.
The tray is working as it comes out and goes in on pressing the eject button.

Is there something else I can try? Or is the converter faulty?

[whitestar_999]

you are not the only one.many so called sata/ide converter do not support ATAPI which is different from ATA(or hard disk)support.it all depends on type of chip used.only those chips which support ATAPI can support cd/dvd drives.your converter has ATA support but not ATAPI.as far as i know all cheap converters are only ATA capable & not ATAPI.

[Cool Buddy]

oops..
Means 140 rupees waste?
Would have been better if I had just bought a new writer

[Sujeet]

faced same prob and met with no sloutions so far..its a waste!!