So I'm no longer a virgin to opening my Empeg ... My drive has been "clunking" at startup about 6 or 7 times for a while. Not too long ago I started getting Failed to Unmask IDE. I just checked the drive cable and the pins on the board, and they all LOOK ok ... Would cable or bad connection cause the drive to make this strange sound, or is this looking like a bad drive at this point?

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