CD/DVD tray refuses to stay open

[CJ Tres]

On 09/27/2012 06:33 PM, compdoc wrote:
>> Turns out a different data cable made the difference and the drive is
> behaving again.
>
> Interesting. Was it a sata or an IDE cable?
>

It's sata III - I'm thinking the other was sata II.
Not sure if there's any way to differentiate them physically, other than 
the newer one has clips and one end is 90 degrees they look the same.