My imac won't see my superdrive

bought a cheap (er) external dvd drive but it disn't work ... so invested in apple super drive ... this does even less ... doesn't even show on the desk top ... is this why i invested nearly £2.6k in a mac .... no it isn't !!!!!!
can anyone help me pleae ?

hi rudegear and Mike    thanks for replying
yup i agree doesn't work is a bit vague   but that's why i bought an apple cos i thought all apple add pons were compatible!!!
my problem is that even with the superdrive connected and working ... ie a plays a disc,   in the finder sidebar the external drive doesn't show     this means that I can't do anything with a disc like eject or burn it.
Keith

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