Dear Forum-goers and those in the know,
I have a Nimbie NB21 (but the robot is not the issue here, I'm just mentioning it to provide ocmplete information) that has a SATA to USB 3.0 bridge running a Pinoneer DVR-S21LBK.
Windows devices information:
USBSTOR\CdRomPIONEER_DVD-RW__DVR-221L1.00...