CF30 not booting from optical drive

Hi Guys
I swapped out the standard optical drive in my CF30 for a Sony Optiarc AD5540, and discovered last night when I went to upgrade my HDD to a SSD that my CF30 simply does not recognize the new optical drive as a drive it can boot from, so I had to pull the caddy apart and refit the original optical drive

is there any way to get around this?

 

Panasonic used to short two pins together to make their drives appear as the master drive. I am not sure which pins but maybe someone will remember and add to this thread...
This was with the old IDE drives and I am not sure if it is still needed with the SATA drives used now

 

the drive is an IDE

 

Here is a link to a thread over on toughbooktalk with pictures but it is for the caddy that fits the cf-28,29 so it may not help you at all

http://toughbooktalk.com/public_downloads/HDD & CDD swap/CF-28 CD to DVD Swap.htm

 

short pin 45 to pin 47

 

Might be a good idea to check out the below thread. I know its long but it's all about the CF-30.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/the-official-cf-30-thread.264961/

 

oh wow..... thats gonna be fun...... especially pulling the drive apart to get to it

Thanks guys

 

Check out this first http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/the-official-cf-30-thread.264961/page-11 . Its been a while but I was going to do the mod but ended up getting one of the drives they are talking about in the thread .

 

well.... mod done..... but damn its difficult, especially when the gear you have is more suited for automotive electronics than computers.....

 

Yep, it's a challenge even with the proper tools.

 

I used a propane torch. ROFL (I'm joking)

I bought a cheap hot air re-work station with soldering iron attachment. Good expense.