X79a gd65 8d Post A2 long lag

good morning.
for a couple of weeks now I have serious boot problems that came out of the blue, like many others have. The system hangs itself up on Postcode A2 / IDE detect.
At first I thought it goes into a total freeze here until yesterday when I discovered it just lags like crazy, approx 40minutes just to run perfectly fine from then on.
I found out it only happens when I have my HDD2 plugged. No matter which other SATA utility I add/remove, system boots fine.
Since the system, after this lag, runs perfectly fine and also testing with Win and WD diagnosis tools (smart and extended) came up ok, aswell as hooking the HDD up via USB adapters w/o problems, I dare to rule out any HDD problems. I don't have no access to another PC with SATA ports in my house or nearby contacts but it feels a bit redundant looking at afore mentioned testing.
Other things I tried to no success:
Flashing BIOS1 with the recent version 4.7
using BIOS2 which is still the stock version (don't have version number at hand now but I never changed it so I guess it's still stock)
Changing through all SATA cables and HDD slots
System Restore to a date this problem wasn't there
updating / clean install of drivers
boot priorities incl removal of all boot sources other than HDD1 where the OS sits
clear CMOS (although I'm not sure if I done this correctly)
virus scan (Sophos)
looking for funny files on HDD2 (anything that feels out of place there, especially with a creation date that links to the appearance of the problem)
It's not the first time I run into this problem.
I'm on this hardware for 13 months now and had no problems whatsoever, initially on Vista HP x64 and for about a quarter year now on the below listed, Win7 Ult. x64
The problem at hand first came up about 7 weeks ago (pretty much right at the start of June).
Everytime it happened I went totally nuts fiddling here and there and everywhere until the system finally ran fine again.
Now friday to saturday, this problem came up for the 4th time and I'm sick of just messing around until everything works again for a couple days.
I didn't install anything nor did I delete anything, no software no drivers.
I shut the pc down friday eve and firing it up saturday morn I have trouble. This is a pattern this problem pops up every time.
now I really wanna not just fix it for a few days but actually get rid of it once and for all!
Of course I searched this forum but didn't really came up with something matching my issues.
Same for an internet search, about 90% of those that narrowed it down to an HDD came up with defective hardware, which I explained above doesn't seem to be the case.
I have a hard time of thinking of anything else to fix it. 2 Things I am a bit reluctant to do - for now - are swiping the HDD2 clean to see if the problem still exists and a complete re-installation of the OS.
So I wonder if there's a known easy fix to it I seem to miss or if anyone has another idea what I can try?

unfortunately not. within my regular contacts, I'm the only one with a desktop PC. They have laptops for their PC needs and if they're into gaming - which are few - they got consoles.
Same for my colleagues. Most of them are middle-aged women I don't have much contact to besides chitchat anyway. There's only one guy I know that might have a PC with SATA plugs as he recently got a new one, but he's on vacation.
About this techshop thing. We only have a few big retail chains around and afaik they only handle warranty for stuff they sold, but I'm not 100% about this. But I'll check yellow pages to see if there's a small shop around. Problem is that these big stores are so "powerful" in the region that small - and probably better serviced - shops have a hard time. Most of them open online stores these days I guess.
Back to the HDD testing:
So far I only completed the quick error scan which came up ok. the full scan is now about 11hrs into it, 2/3 thru and all is green for now.
Also the health status tab reports ok on all slots.
Once the test is done and I have a feeling it'll end up just like all other tests with a pass, I recover some files and swipe that bugger clean to see if it still causes trouble.
And I triple-check all connections again with the working HDD1 just to be 100% sure.
I also did a clear CMOS again and this time made sure I've done it correctly. As expected it turned up w/o help.
Any other ideas except testing the HDD2 over and over again with different tools?

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