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)
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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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