ATAPI Devices on K8N Neo Pt. SATA Ports?

Hello,
I'm having difficulty getting any ATAPI optical drive I own to work through a PATA > SATA adapter on my K8N Neo Platinum (MS-7030) SATA ports.
I am using a Silicon Image SATALINK 3611CT80 SATA > PATA adapter to use a Lite-On LDW-811S DVD+/-RW drive, or a Lite-On 166S DVD-ROM drive. Neither one seems to work when plugged into SATA Port 1, 2, 3, or 4.
There is an indicator light on the adapter, and it flashes once when the PC is turned on (letting me know it has power) then the light shuts off and remains off (letting me no it has no link with the SATA controller). Windows recognizes either drive when it's hooked up to the adapter, however, I cannot access either drive when its hooked up to the adapter (it locks up the PC instantly)
I had no such problems using this same adapter on an Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard earlier, so I know the adapter is not faulty/damaged.
What I'd like to know is: does the K8N Neo Platinum support ATAPI devices (natively or through an adapter) on the SATA ports?
My system specifications:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (ADA3000AEP4AX / CBAPC 0404VPMW / 9814255B40259)
MSI K8N Neo Platinum (1.4 Official BIOS)
OCZ Technology 2 x 256MB Enhanced Latency Platinum Edition PC3200 Rev. 1 DDR Memory
Matrox Mystique 220 4MB VGA Videocard (temporary card during troubleshooting)
Maxtor 160GB UDMA/133 Hard Drive (Primary Master, IDE 1, only drive on cable)
Lite-On LDW-811S DVD+/-RW Drive (Secondary Master, IDE 2)
Iomega Zip 100 Insider ATAPI Drive (Secondary Slave, IDE 2)
Lite-On XJ-HD166S DVD-ROM Drive (Trying to use on ANY SATA port, Master, only drive on cable)
SinoTech CWT-550ADP Power Supply
nVidia UDP 4.27
Windows XP with SP2
Thanks for your help

Hey,
Thank you VERY much for your help. I really appreciate your help. I just heard back from MSI and they are relaying the same message you gave me (nVidia's SATA controller does NOT support ATAPI devices at this time)
I also found out that Abit's popular Serillel 2 SATA > PATA converter uses the same Silicon Image bridge chip as is found on my converter, and it states here that when hooked up to ATAPI devices these Sil3611 chips are "Compatible with SATA controller of Silicon Image on motherboard only!"
So I guess I'm outta luck on using this guy at all until nVidia changes something in their SATA implementation.
Glad to learn something, sorry to see my DVD-ROM go :( Its served me VERY well
Peace

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