I found similar hard drive error messages here , here , and here. I'll try doing a RAM test, and hopefully Sunday someone will be touching up the solders and professionally re-crimping the cables for me or possibly even making new ones (I spent most of this week making friends with the local computer tech geniuses). Is anyone local to the DC area and willing to lend me an IDE cable that they know is in working order? Or possibly an Empeg to test out my drive in?