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Is there anything I can do after I tighten it up again to keep the IDE cable more secure to the hard drive?

They actually used hot glue at the factory on most of the players. See the drive upgrade guide for pictures and movies of the gluing and removal procedures.

Also make sure it's not one of the myriad other problems that might cause the same error message (as Stu already suggested).
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Tony Fabris