I dug out my main empeg last night to update the music on, to then take to the office for use at my desk. My empeg power brick was at work, so I began searching my house for one that would work with the empeg. I ended up finding 3 different ones with the correct polarity, and proper plug, and all claiming 12v and 1.25A as a minimum. And all three were clearly lying about the power they could provide, as one by one they would power on the empeg, spin up disk 1, then try to spin up disk 2. It would take about 3-4 tries to get the disk spinning, then the player would state Failed to unmask IDE.

Thankfully nothing was wrong with the player, as I took it into work, used the Sunpower 12x 1A brick, and it powered right up with no stuttering.