I bought an old HP e-vectra computer to use as a car computer every this is fine till i found out that the optical driv(cD drive )connector is a 50 pin IDC (Real Slim Type)adapter but any way i managet to buy a suitable JAE50 to IDC50 adaptr to install to the CD rom the following link is for the adapter.so sinct i couldnt find any cable for this i hooked it up with a 44pin cable every thin worked on the CD drive it got power ejected well and when i put a CD on i could heatr the sound and that makes sure the drive is woking fine bu the compter didnt dectet it i tried to do it manually but theres no way can any one please tell me what could the problem can be or do i need to hook up all 50 pins http://www.ultradrives.com/product_info.php/cPath/47/products_id/440
