Strange Problems with new WD3200AAJB Drive

I tried replacing the 160GB hard drive in my ReplayTV DVR with a brand
new WD3200AAJB drive. Unfortunately, the AA drives are not compatible
with the Replay 5000 series. (I have never had a problem replacing
ReplayTV drives. The newer drives are largely incompatible, so the
problems are now multiplying.)

of my computers has a real WD3200JB (non-AA) drive that DES work
with Replay, so I decided to reuse the AA drive by cloning the real
drive to the AA drive and then using the AA drive as the boot drive in
the Windows XP computer. When I installed the AA drive as the only drive
in the system, the computer booted normally and everything worked well.
Then I decided to run SpinRite on the new drive, just to be safe.

SpinRite will not run. Regardless of which medium I boot from (floppy or
CD), after I select the proper partition to scan, the program hangs at
"Selecting Drive For Use" after which "Working" constantly flashes
at the bottom of the screen. SpinRite works perfectly on this computer
with the real drive installed.

So it seems to me that maybe ReplayTV has written something to the drive
that SpinRite doesn't like. That seems bizarre since SpinRite's purpose
is to solve problems. Nevertheless, I decided to run FIXMBR from the
Windows Recovery Console. Running FIXMBR reports that "This computer
appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record." I let it
run, and it reported that "The new master boot record has been
successfully written."

Next I ran FIXBT. "FIXBT cannot find the system drive, or the drive
specified is not valid." (The BIS still sees the drive.)

Then I ran chkdsk. "The volume appears to contain one or more
unrecoverable problems." (That's helpful.)

My next exercise was to try to run Western Digital's Datalifeguard
Tools, booting from the CD. Here's what happened:

Int 13 Level Communications:
Attempting Int 13 I to drive 80 No Response

ATA Level Communications:
Attempting PM ATA Identify

Nothing happens after that. Remember that the drive works perfectly in
Windows. The drive is properly detected in the BIS. Something really
strange is happening here, so if there is anything going on related to
ReplayTV, I hope someone can shed some light on the problem.

Is it possible that Replay can write things to the drive that cannot be
erased or reset, or am I just dealing with a defective drive? While the
drive is still in warranty, I don't want to return it if there is
something that I have done to it or if there is something that can be
corrected in the field.