The ide or sata cable should also connect to the motherboard or another interface card and the power cable should connect to the power supply.
Cd rom ribbon cable.
Your cd rom should have at least two cables connected to it.
This side of the cable often points to where the power connects to the cd rom drive.
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40 pin flat ribbon female to male hard drive ide data extension cable.
Disconnect the cable from the back of the cd rom and reconnect it.
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This cable has one side of the cable that is red or blue indicating pin 1.
Choose from laptop to ide ata133 or dual ide drive cables.
Next connect the 40 pin ide eide interface cable large gray ribbon cable to the back of the cd rom drive.
Finally connect the molex style power cable to the back of the cd rom drive.