DVD drive for G4 power Mac

I replace the old CD drive with a Pioneer DVR-S18LBK, got a new pci SATA card for it, and it worked fine. I could open and close the tray from the key board, I burnt one iDVD and now it has stopped working.
It has power to it and the tray can only open and close if I dismantle it and press the button on the DVD drive. CDs or DVDs do not appear on the desktop when inserted. When I unplug the SATA cable it brings up an window that says something has been removed, when I plug it back in it recognises it as the Pioneer DVR-S18LBK.
The old CD drive works, I am stuck with what to do, any ideas?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
I'm assuming this DVD drive is for the QuickSilver 733 Mhz in your profile. Am I correct?
A lot of third party DVD drives will only work with Macs if http://www.patchburn.de/ is installed. Some may require a firmware update applied from a PC. Check http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ to see if your drive has been tried on Macs before running your operating system.

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