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Last night the player took a little fall, about a foot off the bar on to the counter, but landed hard on it's side. [...] Before I opended it up I wanted to get your guys input on what to look for first, second, third, etc...

The classic ones are (a) shock has pulled IDE cable off drive or motherboard pinheader (plug it back in), and/or (b) shock has pulled motherboard IDE pinheader off its solder joints (resoldering job, consult a skilled repairer). It turns out that some units are unusually susceptible to failure mode (b) as not enough solder was used on those connectors when they were originally made.

Peter