CD-R Burner not recognized by burner app

A friend of mine was given a workstation pc by his employer. It’s running Win98. He bought a Sony crx230a cd burner for it. Kodak Easyshare software came with the burner. Easyshare does not recognize the Sony cdr. When he tries to burn a cd, it says there is no cd burner. Any ideas what the problem might be? Thank you.