I'm feeling like a post whore here...

I pulled my drives and drive cable from my Mk2a and put them into my Mk2 as I prepare to send the Mk2a in for repair.

Now, random tracks do a little "hickup" or stutter when it gets to 12 seconds in. Would something happen after 12 seconds that would cause this on a Mk2? Are the drives spinning up or something? This just seems so odd.

I did reuse the cable, and I wouldn't be surprised if this player also had an IDE connection problem, but the 12 seconds seems odd. (This problem was not happening on the Mk2a, but I was getting odd drive or IDE issues, mainly in-car).

PS - On a side note, my empeg has had a top button that has been falling off everytime I remove the facia for years now. Before, I could just put the thing back on, but now it's not working anymore. Seeing as this is my backup, it's not high priority, but is there anyone out there that has these blue buttons and would be able to repair it? Is this a common part?