Mac does not sleep under second internal HD

I got a problem with the Mac not going to sleep while running from the second internal HD under Mac OS 10.4.10. It remains awaken after a period of inactivity.
I have two HDs, one is primary and the other is second (only just installed last spring). The primary HD can go to sleep after a period of inactivity but if I click on "Sleep" from the menu's dropdown, it wouldn't go to sleep.
Anyone who have two or more HDs with Mac OS installed have this problem of Mac not going to sleep after either a period of inactivity or by clicking on "Sleep" from the menu?

Our Digital Audio G4 won't sleep after I installed a Western Digital 80GB drive. Neither the drive nor the display will go to sleep (although the clock freezes which may indicate that the CPU sleeps.)
If I boot from the original Maxtor 30GB, it sleeps normally but it makes no difference if the WD drive is Master or slave or if the Maxtor is removed - the computer will not sleep if it boots from the WD. Upgrading Tiger 10.9->10.4.10->10.4.11 did not help.
Since this G4 is 'improved' - 1GHz CPU, 128Mb video card, I'll probably replace the original video card and see if that does anything. Apple's Sleep documents warn that non-Apple installed drives may or may not sleep. But, since the vendor (OWC) does not report that other purchasers of the WD80 drive have sleep problems, I have to assume that it's unique to our configuration.

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