I think this may have been the problem. I rechecked the connections and even though all of the connections were correct I must have not pushed the connectors on all the way. (or I lucked out after f%cking with it enough) .

Now all seems to be functional, and better than before.
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Sean in NC
130gb MK2a w/ 32mb ram
80gb MK2a empeg spare