I'd do that, but I'm pretty sure this thing has a warranty and opening it up to install that would void it. Plus, *technically* it's not mine, it's the family's - and convincing them to upgrade is not an easy task. Also, it appears mine is SATA.
Here's an image of my filter driver load order, in case this is the problem, someone else might be better fit to analyze it:
EDIT: This is probably important... appears to not be reading anything at all now...