In addition to the problems I had after updating my Mk2a with a IBM 48gig drive....

The new HD cable Empeg sent me didn't do much good : the problem persisted.

So I did some research on the problem (with the help of Pgrezelak - Thanks again Paul!) and this is what I came up with :

So what did I do : I copied all the files from my 10 gig to my 48gig. I then opened up the player and disconnected the 10 gig. I closed the player up again and tried a synch of 2 gig of files : Tadaaa! Worked!

I then tried using the 10gig as the masterdrive, and the 48gig as the slave (the 10gig still had 1.03 on it, it was the drive the unit shipped with). Closed the unit up again. Tried a synch. Didn't even get to the point where I could upload files. In the screen where the player rebuilds it's database because the HD layout has changed it locked up, showing error 10. The player itself didn't stay in "synch mode", buy ended the database rebuild and showed the "end of playlist" screen.

I opened the player up again and switched the harddisks' place on the connector (so that the master drive would be closest to the mainboard again. Again, synch failed, same error.

I reopened the player, removed the 10 gig : got a perfectly & fully functional unit.

So this is what it's like :

*only 10gig drive : works
*only 48gig drive : works
*48gig master + 10 gig slave : works for playing, but with the "heat lookalike problem" when uploading
*10gig master + 48gig slave : doesn't even make it through the first synch.

So I guess it's pretty safe to say these two drives don't like each other, though they're both IBM. In the not so distant future I'll buy a second 48gig hd, and if I'm correct, that should work without a problem.

I used v1.03 only, not 2.03 beta. The database file was deleted before a new synch was made.

Something good actually did come out of this : I can now replace a hd in my empeg blindfolded in less than 4 minutes! Not bad eh?

Anyway, thought you all may wanted to know this.