Patriot PE32GS25SSDR Lag problem

[meow123]

Hi. I am currently using tis model in my desktop. I am currently not home so I do not know the model number of the parts that make up my computer. I currently have a Core 2 Duo Exteme CPU with a supporting intel motherboard. I have a dedicated graphics card and 3 hard drives. One is a IDE and two are serial ATA, including the Patriot PE32GS25SSDR. I got windows XP professional installed on the Patrior hard drive. Everything boots up fine, but when I install programs or copy any file onto the Patriot hard drive my computer lags and I can't do almost anything for a while until those operations are complete. I did not have this problem when I had windows installed on my IDE hard drive. Do you have any recommendation on how I can remedy this situation? I am new to the use of RAID technology. The Patrior hard drive is 32Gb and the other SATA hard drive is a Maxtor 500GB. I currently have the RAID disabled on my motherboard. I can enable it, but I currently have the hard drives all act as IDE ones. I'm pretty sure, I might be configuring something wrong, but please advise. Thank you.

[Temukahn]

Are you running any of those drives in RAID? Just curious on that point. There are some issues with early Intel and Nvidia based chipsets "e;lagging"e; when using an SSD. Some of the chipsets have benefited greatly from a motherboard BIOS update. I can't confirm whether or not it'll work on your motherboard without having the model number. Check your vendor's web page and see if they have something in the Support-Downloads sections just in case. Hopefully, you're not on a motherboard that doesn't have an update. As for settings, you shouldn't have to change anything in the BIOS to get it to run correctly. I personally use any SSDs on their own chipset meaning: Connect your current SATA to ports 1 & 2 while connecting the SSD to any ports of different color, or ports that use the integrated secondary chip controller. You can sometimes avoid needing a BIOS flash doing that.