ESata problem

Hello,
I have a problem with eSata on my Lenovo G560 IdeaPad model 0679 running Windows 7 Home Prem. 64 DK (danish language). When connecting and transferring data via an eSata external harddrive (Samsung Story Station Plus HX-DE015EB eSata/usb2), my computer stalls after about 5-10 seconds into the transfer. And nothing further happens. The transfer just stops and stalls the computer.
This only happens when I use the eSata option on the external drive. When using USB2 the transfer is okay at approx. 25 Mb/sec.
Now one would think something is wrong with the eSata hardware-connection on the motherboard or the eSata connector itself.
To check this theory I installed Windows XP on the computer, and eSata turns out to work perfect with approx. 70 Mb/sec. throuput. USB2 was around the usual 25 Mb/sec.
I also tried Ubuntu operating system, and eSata was as fast as on Windows XP.
So I believe it's a software/driver problem with Windows 7.
Anyone heard of similar issues and ways to solve this? I have talked to Lenovo hotline support, but so far found no solution.
PS:
I do not boot from the external drive. It's only for storage.
The external drive is 6 months old and worked flawlessly untill I tried with Windows 7.
I have tried to format the drive with both NTFS and FAT32. Also with Samsungs own formating tool. No difference.
And there is no difference whether I use up all 3 USB-connections on the computer or only use one for eSata.
I have the latest BIOS (29CN31WW v2.08), chipset driver (9.1.1.1020), Intel Matrix Storage driver (9.6.0.1014), Intel Management Engine Interface driver (6.0.0.1179). All for 64-bit OS.
All Windows 7 updates.
I have disabled Windows firewall.
Computer hardware info:
Lenovo G560 - 0679
Intel Core i5-430 2,26 GHz Arrandale socket 1156 LGA
4 Gb ram (DDR3 SD PC3-8500 1066 MHz SODIMM 204-pin)
500 Gb harddrive SATA-300 5400 rpm (WDC WD5000BEVT-24A0RT0)
15,6" TFT widescreen 1366x768 HD LED
GeForece 310M 512Mb
HDMI
eSata
3 x USB2
ExpressCard 34mm
Bluetooth Broadcom BCM 2070 BT 2.1 + EDR
Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11g
DVD-RW Optiarc AD-7585H
Battery: 6 cell 48 Wh, 4400 mAh, 11,1 V
Windows 7 Home Prem. 64 bit DK
Made on 22nd april 2010 in China
Best regards,
Steen F.
Denmark
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You can try to uninstall the Intel Matrix Storage driver just for testing purposes.
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