Vertex 3 SSD drive painfully slow on 2009 Macbook Pro - Help!!

Hi
I have just installed an OCZ Vertex 3 SSd drive into my 2009 Macbook Pro 2.4ghz, revision 5,2 with 4gb ram.
I made sure the SSD has the latest firmware and did a clean install of Snow Leopars which I then updated to be 10.6.8
The new OS boots fine when the SSD is plugged in via USB.
When the SSD is plugged in via the internal SATA cable it takes about 30 minutes to boot and then runs so slow it is unusable.
I have reset the P-RAM and the SMC.
When you boot from the original os on the original drive via USB the internal SSD mounts on the desktop but takes ages to do so and tryig to view any folders on it takes forever too.
Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? As far as I know SATA 3 drives are backward compatible with SATA 2 so there should not be an issue.
The fact that the drive mounts and boots eventually leads me to think something must be throttling the SATA connection.
Any suggestions on what to do next?
Thanks
D

Looks like I made a mistake - it is a 5,2 model which puts it as a 2008 model.
EFI firmware is up to date - version 1.7
I am only getting a Negotiated Link Speek of 1.5 gigabits instead of a possible 3 gigabits
Since finding it is a 2008 I have read loads of forum posts about SSD problems with this model.
Any advice still appreciated before I decide to sell the drive and take a loss on it.

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          97 MB          Page-outs

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