Hi Dibbers
The Liteon (original) drive began ejecting as soon as I had extracted its key.
When selecting Outro Mode, JungleFlasher froze, so I had to eventually switch off the xbox.
Then when I booted it up again, the drive began ejecting.
After that I spent ages trying to get JF to get the 360 out of Vendor Mode.
That is when I tried pulling out the hard drive cable, then the sata cable, to see if it helped. It didn't all that it achieved was me accidentally pulling out the sata end, then I bent the pins.
Then I bought the Benq drive, and the same happened.
So as you can see, the pins thing happened some while after the ejecting problem.
As for fixing the Liteon, if it was just a straightforward fix I would attempt it but I guess it will need soldering?
Thing is, I still think it maybe just a flashing error - possibly due to it being one of the new batch Liteons?
Anyway, I will take another look after work later - can't wait!!