My main player has been getting the 'No Harddisc' error more and more recently. I initally suspected the HD as it's been in since I first had the player and has had it's fair share of knocks and bumps. So I just bought a new 100GB drive and tried installing that. Now, it's been literally 'years' since I looked at the boot log or added any music to it. Upon connecting I found it had the following in the boot log:
Code:

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ide_data_test: wrote 0x0000 read 0x8080
ide_data_test: wrote 0xffff read 0x8080
ide_data_test: wrote 0xaaaa read 0x8080 

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(I actually stole this from someone else's post so the numbers aren't the same)

I also connected the ethernet up for the first time in a long time and found that inop too. A further inspection of the boot log revealed:
Code:

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smc chip id/revision 0x0249
smc_init couldn't find card

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So it looks like it can't find the network chip. Could this arise from a dry joint or damaged pin on the IDE header? If so, does anyone have a part number for a suitable replacement header? I can get it replaced at work.