Yeah, I read both of those. I got the no hard disk found once. It was a hot day out, so it could be expansion in the connectors. Any idea on the invalid file format on an mp3 that was fine before? Or the fact that one song will just sit at 0:00, but the next will play correctly?

I wasn't getting the clicking and popping, it's a completely different sound. To make a bad analogy, if you've heard Blessed Union Of Souls "She Likes Me For Me" (radio overplay), it sounds somewhat like the digital sound effect following "my collection of DVD's"... Sorry, but that's the best that I can do.

When running in transient mode, the player will come close to locking up, the visual will run one frame every 2 or 3 seconds, or even just stop altogether. Drove to work this morning, and everything was fine. Maybe it is heat related (or visual related, now that I think about it).