CD-Rom Tray won't open

I Just purchased a Used G3 B/W 300mhz Rev 2 off Ebay. The system came with a Zip and Cdrom drive and 6Gb Harddrive that was formatted with no OS installed. When i power the System on and attempt to open the cdrom tray it wont open, so i figured maybe the drive was damaged. I then attempted to use my old cdrom from my PC and got the same result, However i noticed when i just plug in the Power Ac in the back of the drive it will open and close on both of them. It just stops workin when i plug in the IDE cable
Any thoughts?? this is my 1st Mac so have no idea what's wrong
G3 Blue White   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

It's not unheard of for the cable to go bad. It often (but not always) will show some hint, such as a crack in the insulation at one end of one of the cable as it enters a connector. It may also have a bent or busted pin. (Some Hard Drives have a missing center pin as a feeble attempt at polarization.)
The CD cable is a 40-wire cable on 40-pin headers, so it is fairly common and easy to get right. They are not too expensive if you shop carefully. Try not to go much longer than the original cable, as data errors may become more frequent at longer lengths. 18 inches is the nominal maximum length.
Be careful with which-way-up with replacement cables, as many are NOT polarized the way your original Mac cables are. Nothing will work right if the cable gets flipped over and plugged in upside down.

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