Here's an example of a problem log from a different player with the same model drive (Kingspec PA25-128). Once the problems begin, the player will not recover until I reboot. After a restart, it will happily pick up where it left off and continue to play for a while (sometimes minutes, sometimes hours).

Thanks to Tony and anyone else who had a hand in creating and restoring the lost FAQ. It's greatly appreciated to have it back again as a troubeshooting resource.

--Dan.

Code:
empeg-car bootstrap v1.02 20001106 ([email protected])
If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux!

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
Uncompressing Linux...................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg55-hijack-v524 ([email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #2 Fri Dec 15 08:52:50 EST 2017
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
Checking for extra DRAM:
c1000000: wrote ffffffff, read e28cc001
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.
empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 40104006) 16MB DRAM
Command line: mem=16m
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 14992k/16M available (1000k code, 20k reserved, 368k data, 4k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)
Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384)
IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
Starting kswapd v 1.5
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART
Signature is 20706d65 'emp '
Found custom animation at offset 0x9cb88
Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1
show_message("Hijack v524 by Mark Lord")
empeg display initialised.
empeg dsp audio initialised
empeg dsp mixer initialised
empeg dsp initialised
empeg audio-in initialised, CS4231A revision a0
empeg remote control/panel button initialised.
empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012
empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0005500).
empeg RDS driver initialised
empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)
RAM disk driver initialized:  16 RAM disks of 4096K size
empeg single channel IDE
Probing primary interface...
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x0000
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x0000
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x0000
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x0000
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x3fff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x3fff
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x3fff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x3fff
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x3fff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x3fff
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x3fff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x3fff
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x3fff
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x044a
ide_data_test: wrote 0x5555 read 0x3fff
hda: PA25-128, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x000-0x007,0x038 on irq 6
hda: PA25-128, 120832MB w/1kB Cache, CHS=15403/255/63
empeg-flash driver initialized
smc chip id/revision 0x3349
smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman ([email protected])

SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:28:0f:a6
Partition check:
 hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 > hda2 hda3 hda4
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
change_root: old root has d_count=1
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 4k initempeg init 0.8
I see this is a developer image!
Mounting proc
Mounting first music partition
Tried to mount /dev/hda4 as reiserfs but got error 19
Mounting second music partition
Tried to mount /dev/hdc4 but got error 6
Error mounting partitions (possibly already mounted)
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
No secondary hard disk
Press 'q' now to go into development mode. You Have Zero Seconds To Com&#65533;Starting player
Timezone: EST
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

kftpd: listening on port 21
khttpd: listening on port 80

Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Jul  5 2004

attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1972874128, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-580523293 sector=-349219048 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1972874128, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-580523293 sector=-349219048 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=2100117676, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1085583318 sector=-94731952 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=626265808, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1767179187 sector=1252531608 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=2100117676, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1085583318 sector=-94731952 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=626265808, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1767179187 sector=1252531608 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1728074060, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=2042631250 sector=-838819184 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1476157000, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1778444399 sector=-1342653304 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1728074060, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=2042631250 sector=-838819184 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1476157000, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1778444399 sector=-1342653304 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=208150996, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1558574988 sector=416301984 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1019703664, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1892557733 sector=2039407320 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=208150996, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1558574988 sector=416301984 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1019703664, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=-1892557733 sector=2039407320 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1463961632, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1439732231 sector=-1367044040 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1730637140, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1506401108 sector=-833693024 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1463961632, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1439732231 sector=-1367044040 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1730637140, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1506401108 sector=-833693024 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1355300268, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1949437802 sector=-1584366768 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=492459404, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1196856674 sector=984918800 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=1355300268, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1949437802 sector=-1584366768 size=4096 count=1
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:04: rw=0, want=492459404, limit=117113850
dev 03:04 blksize=4096 blocknr=1196856674 sector=984918800 size=4096 count=1
hda: irq_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: irq_timo")
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
hda: drive not ready for command
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 50593832
hda: drive not ready for command
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
hda: drive not ready for command
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
hda: drive not ready for command
ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:04 (hda), sector 50593840
hda: drive not ready for command
hda: stat_timo: status=0xd0
show_message("0000.51 hda: err: stat_timo")
hda: drive not ready for command


Code:
empeg:/empeg/bin# hdparm -I /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       PA25-128
        Serial Number:      978052500014
        Firmware Revision:  20150807
Standards:
        Supported: 9 8 7 6 5
        Likely used: 9
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           15      15
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   15481935
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  247463936
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  247463936
        device size with M = 1024*1024:      120832 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:      126701 MBytes (126 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor, no device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1   Current = 1
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 udma6
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    Power Management feature set
                Write cache
           *    WRITE_BUFFER command
           *    READ_BUFFER command
           *    NOP cmd
           *    48-bit Address feature set
                Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
                FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase
        6min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 0
Checksum: correct


Code:
empeg:/empeg/bin# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 15403 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1         5     40131    5  Extended
/dev/hda2             6        10     40162+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            11        13     24097+  10  OPUS
/dev/hda4            14     14593 117113850   83  Linux
/dev/hda5             1         3     24034+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6             4         5     16033+  82  Linux swap