Strange Constant HD Access Sounds for no reason??

Well, i just upgraded my system From....
MB: Asus AM266-D
CPU: Dual Athlon MP 2400+
RAM: 1 Gig Ram
Controller: Promis SATA controller,
HDs: Western Digital Raptor 74gig SATA
Maxtor 300gig SATA2
To:
MB: Platinum powerup V2
CPU:Core 2 Duo EN6600,
RAM: 2 Gig crosshair 800mhz, (pc6400)
PS: Enermax liberty 620w
VGA: Ati X1950XT (saphire)
HD: Same as Before
Problem... Strange Very Annoying Constant HD Access.
First everything is all good, so i boot into my previous windows install from my other system, it updates all the drivers and i notice the thing is messed up, the HD access is slow and seems like its working harder than usual.... Turns out this was due to it being in IDE Mode, so i did a re-install of windows anyway in ACHI or whatever it is and installed the proper drivers, for the Intel SATA controller in AHCI.
Well, that definatly fixed the initial problem, but now, when the PC is completely IDLE, 0% CPU usage, No System restore, and nothing obvious using preformance monitors i setup, the HD is being accessed and its a constant sounding pattern, over and over and over every 3 seconds.... and its very very annoying.
So, for "I'm a potty mouth"s and gigles, i try a diffrent controller, the other sata controller, and same thing (with a re-intall of windows) then, i tried my old promis controller, installed driver, new windows install just incase, no repair, Same thing!!!!!!!!
Windows shows NO hd access in any of its preformance monitors and 0% CPU usage during this time.
Its like somthing is happening in the background, but not at the windows level, but at the hardware level????
I still havent ruled that out 100% though, but when i install linux Next, We'll see...
Windows in safe mode does the same, i've excluded a number of services etc... still the same thing.
This never happend once in my life, or on my previous hardware.
Also, i've even tried installing windows on my secondary drive, a SATA 2 Maxtor 300gig, NCQ... same thing, except its much quieter... so its not noticable, but its still there. On the WD Raptor though, its noticable and very annoying... especially when the PC is suppose to be IDLE, lol......
I've kept my windows install on my Maxtor, since its unoticable, and i put my raptor as a slave for now, but strangely enough, the raptor still makes that sound pattern during access and for 5 mins after, then it stops. When windows was installed on it, it would do it for 20-30 mins then stop eventually only if you left it IDLE and dont do anything on the PC. It even does this in the windows XP setup, lol.... like when entering the serial number, its all idle, and it does it. its annoying as hell.
Also, the HD access LED does light during this access, but i see no simular patterns from HD access of other programs at all. and like i said 0% idle cPU usage.
So, WT is happening? Anyone experience such a weird problem?? anyone with this Board and a Raptor 74gig running windows XP have this issue?????????
Theres not really any preformance issues i beleive, since i got a 72xxx score in PCMark, and the HD's speed surpased even the other PC's in my PC's class that got right marks, even one running quad core.... but its the sound, its just driving me nuts, if i couldent hear it, i would be set, lol......i wouldent attempt to dampen the sound given how hot those raptors can run. only thing i havent tried were, Linux, and trying the Raid Driver instead of AHCI.
is there any tools for monitoring HD access on the HW level? anything? any ideas?
Thanks for any suggestions.....
FYI, the sound is like ("errrrr", "chick", "chick"....wait 3 seconds, repeat)
the "errrr" is a solid consistant sound for about a full second, the other sounds after it seem more like normal sounding HD access, but it goes in that pattern. In IDE mode, its just insanely retarded... everything that loads does a solid consistant agressive sounding HD access. using my previous MB, CPU, controller, it never did any of this at all.

Hello! Thanks for suggestions... the power is all good though, thats for sure. I also mentioned the PS above... its New too.
PS: Enermax liberty 620w. For cables, i have tried with the legacy power connection and SATA power, plus a change of data cables.
I ran the WD diagnostics tool checker, the drive is being a secondary now. No bad sectors or problems writing 0's to the drive, all reports good anyhow. it might be some sorta power saving issue like you mentioned. I also have the jumper on the HD still at default, which i believe is set to no spread spectrum clocking, like it aways was. There is a setting for power management, but it isn't on that jumper. the jumpers and power management in the bios are the only things i haven't tried, but thats next.
Also, i updated to the latest bios version, just to see. I wish there was some tools to monitor the commands + data going to the HD from the controller, that may narrow things down a bit. I'm a coder and its annoying troubleshooting these odd ball problems without proper tools, hehe.
i'll try the power stuff and see what happends

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