Thanks Mark.

That third photo... would it hurt to place a tiny amount of solder on it? Looks like its floating above the board and could worsen under the cold conditions?

I'm unsure how it could have been soldered - I bought it brand new from the firesale 5/6 years ago :S

I also noticed that my disk has been making really strange noises - like a low rumbling rough spin. Could that give the error message?

Cable looks good to me. I'll be cleaning things up and sticking in a new drive and see what happens.

Thanks for the help!