Using an older CDR drive for extraction

I just bought an older Sony CDR drive to help me with extracting / transferring a pile of CDs.
it's a
Sony CRX1600L IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Enclosure CD-RW Drive
I connect the FW cable to the right port.
it powers up.
the tray opens and I load the disc.
the disc loads.
but nothing happens at this point - the CD does NOT mount.
is there anything I can do? a driver of some kind? I always pretty much thought that Firewire and USB devices don't need drivers with OS X.
Incidentally, I tried this on two machines, an older iMac running Tiger and a new MacPro running leopard.
thanks!
Will

I think you will find they have a different height dimension, hence it won't fit.

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