Problem upgrading internal HD

So I wanted a bigger and faster internal HD. Got a Hitachi 500GB, 7200RPM drive - which in all reviews and on all forums where recommended ahead of the few other similar options.
I put my original 250GB drive in an external box after installing the Hitachi. Carbon Copy Cloned my original drive to the new internal one.
And everything works - the Mac seems faster and more responsive........but every few minutes I get the spinning beachball and the Mac is frozen for about half a minute. This seems to especially happen much when using Safari.
It drives me crazy. I have tried 4 different brand new Hitachi drives now, I have Carbon Copy Cloned, used Disc Utility's restore function, I have installed a brand new OS and used Migration Assistant, tried to restore from Time Machine...and of course every time repaired permission before and after. Still keep getting the same result.
Is there any solution, or is this particular HD for some reason not compatible with the Macbook Pro?

You may have the problem that's the subject of this thread (and the first part of that thread that was closed):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2267098&start=0&tstart=0
If you're going to stay with a mechanical hard drive (as opposed to an SSD), you can try reverting your EFI firmware version back to 1.6. I think a link to the file that will revert the firmware was posted in the first part of the above thread. This file was not released by Apple, so you do this at your own risk, but I haven't heard of anyone that's harmed their computer by using it. To avoid any warranty issues, you can take the machine to an Apple store and ask the tech support guy there to downgrade the EFI firmware. Not every tech support guy may be aware of this though.
The other solution, which appears to address the underlying cause, is to replace the SATA cable with one that has better shielding. This is also addressed in the above thread. This second approach is best for anyone that intends to use an SSD because reverting back to EFI 1.6 will prevent the SSD from maximizing its data transfer rate. Most mechanical hard drives, on the other hand, won't benefit as much from the faster throughput set by the EFI 1.7 update.
It's possible you have some other problem, but these are two approaches that may get your new drive working. Good luck.

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