Comment # 5 on bug 845634 from Anssi Lautj�rvi

I made some additional research, I tried updating the firmware of the Optiarc
DVD-RW drive from original version 1.42 to Liggy's and Dee's version 1.W2.

To be able to do this, I installed Win XP (overwriting OpenSUSE) as, needless
to say, I am not able to update the firmware of a device if the OS does not
detect it. Curiously enough, after the firmware update BIOS recognizes the
drive as "Sony DVD RW AW-G540A-(PM)". Still, both BIOS and Win XP run the
DVD-RW drive perfectly.

Finally, I re-installed OpenSUSE 13.1 overwriting Win XP. No change of any
kind, drive not detected.