VW - Headunit won't recognize PhatBox after I screw up custom cable...

[cruster]

Hello, I have a 2003 VW Passat B5.5 Variant with Monsoon stereo. I picked up a used PhatNoise kit a few months back, which was working fine. Over the weekend I tried to build a custom cable using a mini-D connector so that I could tuck the PhatNoise away and out of sight in the CD changer mount location in the hatch of my wagon. Unfortunately, the diagram I was using flipped the two rows of pins on the connector so I wired everything more or less backwards.

When I connected the unit with my "bad" cable, nothing happened - no power, drive did not spin up. When I figured out what I had done, I switched back to the stock cable and...now the headunit won't recognize the PhatBox. When the DMS is inserted, the red light comes on, followed a second or two later by the green light, which stays lit for about 5 seconds. I can hear the drive spin up..red light stays lit, but pressing CD on the headunit now just invokes a "NO CD" message.

Did I fry my PhatBox?

[VorTechS]

It's possible you did, another user I know tried a custom cable with their box had a similar problem and bought another box which then worked with the original cable.

[cruster]

Is there any test I can run to know for sure before I shell out for another box?

[jtnfoley]

OP: Where are you located?
I have a semi-fried PB (heat issues, gives me "CD-X" error on hot days in the summertime) that I'm willing to allow you to test against.
Its' already hacked and is fine for days after being power cycled.

I'm in Southeast Massachusetts FWIW.