External Optical drive issue.

I bought the Value Line Slim USB Optical Drive from OtherWorldComputing and when it is hooked up to my older MacBook Pro I can see it in disk utility and the system profiler, but as soon as a put any kind of disc in the drive it disapears from both and sounds like the disc stops spinning then it continues to try.  I'm not sure what to do.  I have tried the optical drive on other computers and it works fine.

Does this drive come with a power source, or is it powered exclusively by the MBP's USB port? If the latter, does it have a power supply port? If yes, try connecting a separate power power supply to it and then connecting it to the MBP. It sounds like the drive needs more power than the MBP provides through the USB port.
If you have a powered USB hub, you could also try that one. It's conclusive if it works; but it's not conclusive if it doesn't work, because, more often than not, such drives do not work correctly when connected through a hub.

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