[SlickMK]

Thanks for the reply! I agree with you on the chip failure issue. I've been searching my memory to see if I can remember anything happening to it, but nothing comes to mind. The last thing I did was transfer a few new songs to it in preparation for a drive to town the next day.

This is a good first step, and I'll let you know what happens as soon as I try it. Do you think there is anything under the board to which the hard drive connects that may be the problem? That is the only area I haven't checked, since it the board appears to be soldered on.

(I don't know if that was clear enough. What I meant was that I definitely removed the hard drive, just not the board where it connects to the main circuit board, since it is soldered in place.)