Apple superdrive not working on iMac , will not mount , not recognized

I bought a new superdrive and it was not detected on my iMac. The internal drive was failed , I found a solution here.
http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/2011/10/how-to-make-the-macbook-air-superdrive-work-w ith-any-mac/

The Apple USB SuperDrive only works officially on Macs without a built-in SuperDrive (the MacBook Air, Mid 2011 and newer Mac minis, the Late 2012 iMac and the MacBook Pro with Retina display). As your iMac has got a built-in optical drive, it doesn't work by default, but as you said, that workaround makes the Apple USB SuperDrive work.
Anyway, if you have a Mac with a built-in SuperDrive and the SuperDrive gets damaged, I recommend you to buy a different external optical drive. The Apple external optical drive doesn't have a good reputation because it often fails and it's much expensive than other external optical drives

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