Notebook CD-ROM Recognition

The cd-rom in my Compaq Presario 1680 laptop died a few weeks ago. Not being able to find an exact replacement match I bought a TEAC CD-224E ver. C-66. after physically installing the unit I found that Windows 98x doesn’t recognize it. I tried all the common cures such as Device Manager & Add New Hardware to no avail. TEAC themselves claim that the drive requires no proprietary drivers * should be recognized by Win98x.Therefore, they do not offer drivers for this unit. Can anyone help me here?