LPD8806 RGB LED strip support

Hello, this thread was the closest i could find relating to my problem..

im working with the LPD8806 RGB Led strip. It has 44 LED's

my script uploads, the wiring is good, ran all the troubleshooters from adafruit here Troubleshooting | LPD8806 Digital RGB LED Strip | Adafruit Learning System and still only the first two LED's follow the script. The others light up in random colours, dim or remain off. The script i use is from the 8806 library, strandtest and longstrandtest.

i've doublechecked everything more than twice and dont know whats wrong.. Anyone that can help me?