Hard drive wont sleep

I have a Seagate drive in an enclosure from a Mac specific store (Mac Melrose in CA) that highly recommeneded thie case.
When I sleep the compter, my other 2 externals sleep. Any ideas off the bat? Thanks.

Sorry, the problem is: the Seagate external wont sleep....just wanted to be clear.
I have a Seagate drive in an enclosure from a Mac
specific store (Mac Melrose in CA) that highly
recommeneded thie case.
When I sleep the compter, my other 2 externals sleep.
Any ideas off the bat? Thanks.

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