I am sure it is not a heat issue now, as just this morning when putting the empeg in my car, it did not boot, and I could hear the hard drive making the clicking noise. I pulled the empeg out, then put it back in. It was fine.

I also notice that sometimes it seems to take it a little longer to spin the drive up if I have not switched songs in a while.

Anyways, considering I have recently replaced the drive (with a used one) and the cable was not replaced, what would your guess be?

Thanks again!