Well, I just took apart my Rio and checked the IDE cable. It looked similar to what is in this discussion. Anyways, I put my conectors into a vice clamp and applied some pressure. Before I could see small gaps and the metal showing through the connectors - after reclamping the connectors the gaps are gone and I cannot see the metal connectors. I just tried it in my car pulling it out a couple of times to recheck and everything seems OK....but after a couple of days I will know for sure if this fixed it. I will keep everyone posted