Satellite Pro S300 - HDD in caddy is not recognized by BIOS

I have replaced the original HDD and installed a new SSD which works fine.
Installed the W7Pro and all updates.
I do not use my CD-Writer so I replaced the CD-drive and installed a caddy with my old HDD to have more diskspace.
When I boot my laptop I see a message CD-ROM ERROR.
In device manager the caddy and or the HDD are not shown.
I tried to change settings in the BIOS (according Toshiba utility the latest version) but even in the Bios is no information about the present SSD or the installed HDD. (or the CD-Drive when I re-install this drive again)
What is wrong here? Do I need an updated BIOS that allows the 2nd HDD?
Or do I overlook a setting somewhere?
NB In the BIOS the HDD drive settingis according ACPI, in the listing below it is mentioned as IDE device.
When I enter in the BIOS IDE in stead of ACPI I still see the CD-ROM ERROR during boot and after this message the screen is blue and no further activity.
The relevant PC Information:
Model Name Satellite Pro S300
Part Number PSSB0E-02H00FDU
Serial Number 88091121H
OS Version Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
BIOS Version Version 3.00
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5670 @ 1.80GHz
Physical Memory 4096MB RAM
Hard Disk Capacity 255,953,203,200 [Byte] 238.375 [GB]
Hard Disk Free Space Capacity 200,118,833,152 [Byte] 186.375 [GB]
IDE Device V4-CT256V4SSD2
TEAC DV-W28S-RT FW version=7.0D

Thank you for the help sofar.
Indeed I do have a third party caddy. I first bought one (no brand) at MyCom. At MyCom I was told that that unit would work on my Toshiba. Well, it didn't so I returned the caddy.
Then I contacted the company note bookcaddy through internet.
They thought it should work and they have sent me a new caddy from their brand (without payment; just to try!)
They have tried a lot to help me make this unit work. But it failed until now.
Does the bios check for the message that the CD-drive is available and does it not except the message from the HDD device that it is not a CD-Drive?
Maybe I only have to change the wiring inside the caddy to let the Bios think there is a drive present?

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