Oh because on 2b11 when I pull out the sled and put it back in it doesn't help the situation. The drive just clicks over and over. I will look into the hijack time-out problem. Thanks for mentioning that.

David Moss from empeg mentioned to me that I might have a dry joint in the IDE header
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It is likely that you have a dry joint on the IDE header - this has similar symptoms to the faulty drive cable (which can also be affected by temperature).