Hi all I know this is an old thread but I am having similar problems...

I inserted a SSD 120GB Kingston SSD now into the Empeg with Adapter and It is getting the HDA timeout issues on the Display.
Can someone help me with this ? Is there a way to telnet into the empeg ? my Serial port does way to much of Crashing my computer ( since its a usb adapter ).
I used the Big disk Image first and then the hijack 5.18.

I am able to upload some tracks but it crashes the player all the time.
I have tried swapping out the SSD and the Adapter , plus the HDD cable with the same results.
Thanks