System freezes up

[spirogyra]

Ive just installed a SATA II drive on my system, after the PATA gave me problems..
now whenever i run demanding programs such as Photoshop, Audio processing programs, DC++ server or demanding games( BF 2142, UT 2004) the sytem just freezes .. and i have to reset the system
this has never happened before , only when i ve installed the new SATA drive..
specs are as follows:

Intel Prescott P4 3GHz Ht CPU
Intel 915GAV MB
Seagate 200Gb SATA II drive
Seagate PATA 80Gb drive
1Gb RAM in dual channel
Radeon X300 PCI E screen card ( oveclocked when playng games )
Windows XP pro SP2

[Zylstra]

Did you copy your first hard drive to the new one, or did you do a freash install of Windows XP?

Do you have Adware/Spyware/Virus protection?

[patio]

Correct SATA drivers ? ?
PATA still in system ? ?

More info as we are info junkies here and tend to get crabby when we are not supplied our regular fix...

Not that we're addicted or anything or that there's anything wrong with that it's just...

[spirogyra]

PATA is still in the system.. but not used..
ive installed a fresh copy of XP on it and updated to the newest updates.
bios says that the SATA is working fine but winows doesnt seem to agree ( becomes unresponsive),
i cant find any SATA drivers for the 915GAV on the intel site.. and there arnt any on the driver disc..

[patio]

What about the SATA manuf. site ? ?

[spirogyra]

just did a diagnostic from the manuf site.. using the boot disc image..

says the drives are fine..
the bios also says that the PATA is "first HDD" and the SATA is the "second HDD"
ive changed that bcoz winedoze is installed on the SATA..

dunno if winedoze just doesnt like my system...

[patio]

Did the SATA manuf. site have a current driver for that drive ? ?
Have you tried setting the PATA as slave and does this change anything ? ?

[spirogyra]

running a dvd burner and the PATA off the same cable...
PATA is the primary ide master and the dvd is the slave, SATA is the primary HDD  and boot drive..

only drivers i could find were for formatting new drives.. apparently winedoze has all the correct drivers..

[patio]

What is on IDE1 ? ?
I would still try and jumper it as a slave and see if this changes things...

Barring that i would remove the data needed from the PATA and wipe the OS off of it so it is no longer seen as a bootable device and then just use it for storage.

[spirogyra]

making the dvd the master ??
the MB only has one PATA slot ( so im limited to 2 IDE devices   )

the PATA has been formatted when the pc crashed 1st time ( thats why i bought the SATA )

[patio]

So no OS on the PATA drive ? ?

Another thing you might check is find the PATA drive in Control Panel / System / /Hardware / Device Manager and make sure it hasn't reverted from UDMA to PIO mode...

Personally i'm stumped right now.