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Seems more likely to be coincidence. With the stories of removing/resoldering the sound chip fixing sound after working on the board (recapping, or in your case, replacing the HDD), it makes me wonder somewhat naively if we are seeing weak solder joints on this chip. Flex or heat could be the...