well im prety sure i have it right.. i followed the wires out so that it is laid just like the other connector, with the second black and the red wires crosses so that it is yellow back red yellow instead of yellow black black red..
im actually an automotive mechanic so im confident that i put it in the same way i took it out.. its just i dont actually know what i am doing so i am hesitant about turning it on after i have modified it after taking it out of the box.
but in my mind if the wires are all color coded for certain voltages then i see no reason why it would matter which ones you use as long as they are the right color.
but knowing that putting the crimp on there is an ok idea as well as putting both the hard drive and cd drive on the same lead is ok. i should be good thank you for your help
grew the balls. plugged it in. turned it on works good.
the cd drive did not work at first but i suspected the crimp did not bite through the coating properly so i trimmed the plastic off so the crimp would connect properly and now the cd drive works
p.s. i linked the power supply. it IS good enough to have the cd drive and hard drive on the same lead right? curious..