Okay... That was perfect. This works...

Let's try to get the new 40GB drive working as a master, solo, in one of your players.

Select a player.
Remove all drives from it.
Install the new 40GB as master (no jumper).
Open a hyperterm session.
Capture the information to a file, not just to the screen.
Boot the player.
Post the boot log.

- This will show me exactly what image is in your boot eeprom and what kind of OS (if any) is left on the 40GB drive and how best to proceed.