Self-Ejecting Internal HD - MBP

Hi guys.
I´m Having issues with my 2010 13" Macbook Pro 7,1.
I made the OWC Data Doubler mod almost 1.5 years ago.
Since the mod everything has been running butterly smooth.
Disks:
OS : OWC ELECTRA 6g 128Gb SSD
MEDIA: WD Scorpio Black 750Gb 7200RPM HD
Once i installed Mavericks the WD Disk started to self eject everytime... i reformated both disks.. reinstalled mavericks via thumbdrive (CleanInstall) and the problem still persist.
I thought the problem was the disk... so i mounted it on a external enclosure and ran a backup... it ran pefectly.
So. My other guess was the SATA Cable on the macbook pro. i order one vía iFixit with another HD just in case...
Any ideas what can be the cause of the problem??
If the SATA connector does not work what should i do??
(Sorry for my english)

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WD Disk started to self eject everytime

Hi guys.
I´m Having issues with my 2010 13" Macbook Pro 7,1.
I made the OWC Data Doubler mod almost 1.5 years ago.
Since the mod everything has been running butterly smooth.
Disks:
OS : OWC ELECTRA 6g 128Gb SSD
MEDIA: WD Scorpio Black 750Gb 7200RPM HD
Once i installed Mavericks the WD Disk started to self eject everytime... i reformated both disks.. reinstalled mavericks via thumbdrive (CleanInstall) and the problem still persist.
I thought the problem was the disk... so i mounted it on a external enclosure and ran a backup... it ran pefectly.
So. My other guess was the SATA Cable on the macbook pro. i order one vía iFixit with another HD just in case...
But my hopes of fixing it are still very low...
Any advice from someone with a similar problem or with knowledge of this kinds of problems?
(Sorry for my english)
<Re-Titled By Host>

Well,
i guess it's totally Apple's problem.
I'm running WD Green 3TB Internal SATA HDD on MacPro 5.1 and it self ejecting spontaniously from day 1...
Also I turned off and then changed to max head parking value..
Still ejecting and ejecting...or after 1 mounth of perfect work...or after 1 day(
So it really looks like WD-Apple conflicting..
If Apple comment all these topics with the same problem on discussions board, would be really great,
but they won't for sure
Keep hope))

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I've been having a complete nightmare with my iPod Classic 160GB. When I plug it into the USB, iTunes doesn't recognise it and, when I watch the screen, it shows the "Connected" screen then ejects itself and disconnects! Anyone know why and what I do to be able to use my iPod? BTW I'm running Windows 7 - which updates itself automatically.
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Glad to hear its working properly.
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Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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Ipod self ejects?

Hi, I have had my ipod for about 10 months now and have never had a serious issue with it that a simple reset could not fix.
however, the last time I plugged in my ipod to my computer it did as normal and appeared in 'my computer' and itunes, and the 'do not disconnect' logo flashed on the screen, but given a few seconds my ipod disappeared from 'my computer' and the do not disconnect message left and it went to the ipods main menu, it continued to charge the battery, but it stayed in itunes, when I attempted to update my songs using itunes it gave me the error message:
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Hi luisxjim,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has some steps that may help if your iPod classic isn't being recognized by your computer:
iPod not recognized in iTunes and Mac desktop
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1410
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Partitioned the drive and tried backing up to a new partition. (No joy there either)
Copied lots and lots of data from the root disk to said partitions to test them. All went fine.
It really is Time Machine that is causing the issue. I can use the drive all day long as long as TM does not run. When it does, I eventually get a failure message that the drive has been ejected.
While I have not tried making a partition on the home drive (I'd rather not, lots of data there, make users mad, and since TM is not working, I have no backups at present), I do limit the data that is being backed up to JUST that of the system. /Users is being excluded at the moment. So I doubt there is anything out of the ordinary in the system. And, yes, I did a disk check on the root disk and all is fine there too.

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Hi,
> I am trying to configure customer self billing but I
> am struggling with the concept of the 'Internal
> Initial Invoice'.
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> Perhaps I'm making too much of this, but I am kind of
> missing the point of self-billing if we have already
> created an invoice that we simply do not send to the
> customer. In essence, all this is, then, is an
> automatic complaint handling system!
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> The help text says to use F2, but this is the
> standard invoice, so although we can supress the
> printing/transmission, we cannot stop the posting to
> A/R.
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Due to being a DJ I upgrade my Macbook Pro so what i have done is
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