System slow after adding sata2 hd k8n-slifi

Question

hi.
recently added a 160gb 7200.9 seagate for more storage space but the system is slower now than before.
amd64 3200+ stock speed
k8n neo4 sli-fi
pc4000 geil 2.5-4-4-9 at pc3200 speed.
hitachi 7k250 160gb primary master
ibm 30gb primary slave
seagate 160gb 7200.9 sata2
nec 2510a dvd-rw secondary master
leadtek 7800gt
leadtek tv2000 expert - tvcard.
creative soundblaster audigy2
antec 380w truepower S
windows xp + sp2
latest drivers for both motherboard and gfx card from nvidia.
latest bios, v1.3.
if i unpack a rar archive from the hitachi to the seagate i get serious slowdowns in both windows media player and the tv-card software.
if i play a game installed on the seagate the computer basicly stops when loading data, even in games that used to run good from the hitachi.
i have had some problems when browsing with firefox 1.5.0.1 due to lack of cpu power.
installed nvidia sw-ide driver and it helped considerbly but i still get slowdowns.
these are problems i never had before i put in the seagate.
i have no problems with corrupted data and i have not tried changing sata port, its in number 3/4 now.
the harddrive is configured as one big partition with ntfs filesystem.
also noticed it takes along time to access the seagate the first time in a new explorer window.
when i click on the designated letter the explorer locks up for 5-10seconds and the hd-led is active and then i can se the content of the harddrive.
if i move a 700mb avi file from the hitachi to the seagate i can se in taskmanager that the process "system" consumes 45-70% of cpu power.
if i move the same file to the ibm harddrive instead the same process never goes above 7%
any ideas of what it can be and what i can do to fix it ?
/Tjabo

Answer 1

Quote from: slayek on 07-April-06, 09:37:51
Yes, there is new firmware for Seagate 7200.9 160gig SATA2 drives. If your firmware has lots of 2's, you gotta chage teh firmware. Contact segate support by email and they will supply you the files.
i know sandra is a lieng ***** but she claims the harddrive is on bios 3.AAD
Built2Last mentioned bios 3.AAE so will take a look if their is yet another updated to try.
Quote from: kakarocht on 07-April-06, 11:05:55
I think it could be your PSU problem as I can see more devices that you've now. Tried to borrow a psu from your with higher wattage. Gd luck
its not a psu error thats for sure.
the computer is 110% stable and is 110% stable with a 25% oc on the cpu and a 20% oc on the gfx card which pushes the psu quite far.
its all at stock at the moment.