DVDRW IDE drive not working in HP 530

Conundrum, Sun Jul 17 2011, 06:08AM

Hi all.
Just found a (presumably working) UJ-815C slot loadng DVDRW drive with the 2cm double layer IDE.

Its originally from an Acer laptop which got scrapped due to a broken screen.
Tried installing it in my HP, disk goes in and spins up fine but the laptop won't boot UBCD.
Drive doesen't show up in Windows either.

Is this likely to be as simple as bridging the two end pins on the IDE port or more complex?

I have the original working drive AND another newer HP DV6000 here which has the same fault.

Thanks, -A