7.2.1 EXS24 trashes notes when sustain pedal used

I have an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 connected to a Mac Mini Core Duo through a USB port. A Presonus FirePod is my audio interface.
When I play a Chopin piano piece using the EXS24 Yamaha stereo grand piano, using the sustain pedal as I normally would, after a short while I start hearing pops and clicks and the notes are jumbled.
I can play the same Chopin song while the synthesized piano is used, using the same sustain, and not have any pops and clicks.
If I move the track I just recorded with the synthesized piano over the the EXS24 Yamaha Grand, it plays it just fine.
What am I doing wrong? I just moved from a 400Mhz G4 1GB RAM running Logic 4.8 - and I didn't have any issues playing with sustain using its EXS24.
Actually, the 1st time I played the track back on EXS24 (recorded with synthesized piano), it seemed ok, but no - it is messing up royally. I looked at the 'system performance' audio and disk i/o. The audio bar hits the top - and this is on just a single EXS24 instrument.
I must be doing something wrong - I had multiple EXS24 instruments playing with Logic 4.8 on the G4. Please tell me this isn't true!

I found a setting that greatly helped.
I turned "larger disc buffer" to 'off' (the manual says it defaults to off, but it was set to 'on' without my help) - this greatly lessened audio cpu load with EXS24 for the single stock Yamaha grand that came with Logic Pro.
I am no longer having a problem when just a single EXS24 Yamaha grand is playing or being recorded - I'll have to experiment a bit more to see what happens with multiple tracks.
Is there a tech note somewhere on setting up the Mac & Logic for best performance?

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