Please help! 1TB SSHD drive in my optical bay keeps ejecting itself.

I recently purchased a 13in macbook (non-retina, build 13e28), 500gb HD with the optical drive running the latest version of Mavericks 10.9.4. I decided to install a Samsung SSD (120gb) along with a 1TB Seagate SSHD (a hybrid SSD). My intention is to use the SSD for startup and for all my apps and to use the SSHD for storage of my music. I have all my music from my 2008 macbook in an external disk and while I was transferring all my files (music, movies, pictures, documents, & downloads) the SSHD ejected on its own and I was prompted with a small window that said "Disk Not Ejected Properly - Eject "SSHD" before disconnecting or turning it off".
I've rebooted several times and even re-installed the OS on my SSD to see if that would fix anything. I also verified/repaired disk/permissions on the SSHD and it still keeps ejecting the disk within 2 minutes of re-booting.
Can someone please help me resolve this? Thank you!

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