Airbook cannot see external optical drive, Please advise

Hi guys, I have a Airbook, everything on it works, It picks up my external HDD but not my external optical drive. I am sure the
optical drive is working. Could you please provide assistance as to how I should best troubleshoot this issue?
Thank you

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