HT2801 USB Super drive not working

I have removed the optical drive from my 2008 (late) macbook and added an SSD to run along side the HDD and increased the RAM. I have a super drive to read CD/DVD's  but i can not get this to operate?

I believe that the Apple USB Super Drive only works with late model Macs that didn't come with an optical drive. Third party usb drives will work ok though.

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    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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