After watching this video I bought a Torisan CDR-C3G off eBay to use in my period-correct Windows 98 "Beige Bastard" PC.

Here is the issues I am having with it:

1) Power only plugged into drive, operates as normal, I can use the buttons, eject the caddy, it'll cycle through the discs, even play an audio CD through the headphone jack

2) Power AND IDE cable hooked up, PC does not post, drive is completely dead, buttons on it do nothing

3) Hook up IDE after PC is booted, drive does not show up in device manager

This drive exhibited the same behavior when I tried it in another older PC of mine (Win XP), as well as in an IDE enclosure with both above PCs, plus my newer Windows 7 and 10 desktops.

TL;DR Torisan CDR-C3G drive works fine... until it is connected to IDE cable. Then it's basically dead.