New MacBook Pro doesn't recognise external Freecom HHD

Just got myself a brand spanking new 15” MacBook Pro with the i7 processor running (obviously) OS X 10.6.3.
My problem is the machine does not recognise my Feecom 400GB external hard drive (USB). Doesn’t show up in finder or under disk utility. And of course it’s the drive with all my itunes stuff on it.
Strange thing is the drive shows up fine on my black 2008 MacBook (also running 10.6.4) and my old Powerbook, as well as on another PC.
Any ideas what I could try/could be wrong? The new MacBook Pro does recognise some other external usb hard drives I have.
Cheers,
Reb

I would try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk instead of just a verify. A verify doesn't do anything and may not report all issues.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Disk Utility's Disk Repair is not perfect and may not find or repair all directory issues. A stronger utility may be required to finish the job.
After that Repair Permissions.
No need to report Permissions errors....we all get them.
Here's a USB faq.Here's Apples article.
DALE

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