Did I break it?  Opinion wanted regarding Hitachi Cinemastar 1TB HD install

Hello Forums,
Yesterday I failed to install a 1TB Hitachi Cinemastar hard drive (to be used for media storage) in my Mac Pro (2 x 2.66 Ghz Dual Cores 2007). This was my first hard drive install and have no idea if I caused the problem or the hard drive was faulty.
I installed the hard drive using the Apple's DIY instructions: (http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacProHardDriveDIY.pdf). This process went smoothly, i.e., the drive fit snugly in the bay. When I powered up the computer the new hard drive made loud unhealthy sputtering noises. After the OS loaded, Disk utility popped up and recognized the drive. I set the number of partitions to 1 and Mac OS Extended (Journaled). When Disk Utility started formatting, the unhealthy sputtering noises became louder and more synchronized. Afterwards the drive was grayed out, not knowing what to do next I clicked "mount." Disk Utility responded with "mount failed," so I tried to reboot. The drive made louder noises to the point that I was actually kinda freaked out and scared and hoping the computer would shut down ASAP. But no, the computer froze. After waiting 5 minutes I manually shut down the computer despite the freakishly busy sounds coming from the drive. When I turned the computer back on the drive made the same loud noises (they eventually stopped after surfing the internet for 15 minutes), but the point is Disk Utility cannot find the drive. The computer does not believe it exists. So my question is: who is responsible for this problem, Hitachi or me?
Disk Utility Log:
[http://www.tidop.com/davessandbox/discutilitylog.png]
Regards,
David C.

RMA the drive. Curious as to where you got it, whether it was Newegg and OEM or elsewhere...?
OWC is having weekend specials and discounts on some WD, Hitachi and F1 (Samsung) drivers.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com has links.

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