New hard disk WD Black 750Gb won't install under OSX 10.4

Hi,
I just bought and installed a WD Black WD7500BPKX 750 GB (7200 rpm) into my MacBook (mid 2007).
The physical installation was succesful.
I then started Disk Utility from the OSX Disc (10.4). The hard disk shows up under the name 'Media'. I clicked it, and chose to partition/format it (GUID - HFS+), only 1 partition was an option, but that is ok for me.
When I clicked 'partition' I got the error message: partitioning failed - no permissions.
The question is: how can I manage permissions on a disk that is not yet mounted?
How can I mount the new disk?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
Cheers

As Rich said, it does sound the same as when a firmware update is needed, however, you mentioned that the PB had been running Jag before . . . if it does turn out to be firmware, great. If not, another thought is RAM. If there are two RAM modules (256MB or 512), try removing one at a time and then retry the installation. Marginal RAM which seems to work fine in normal operations can manifest issues during installation.
Which TiBook is this btw? Sounds like the original 400 or 500MHz?

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