WD2500... Write freeze?

[Arcygenical]

It seems that, whenever I have alot being written (by alot... I mean like 5-6 files being written at once 20-100kbps, like in a usual p2p environment) to my new WD2500 drive, my system freezes... I don't mean a BSOD or anything, I mean everything stops but my cursor... If I click around alot, eventually the cursor freezes up, and it might even play a constant "beep". Timing and results are erratic...

I say this because I've tried many BT apps and Limewire, and they all cause my computer to freeze when lots is being written...

I've tried copying a large set of files from one position on the drive to another, and everything was fine...

Any suggestions?

 

[defakto]

Check for DMA on the drive.

Also some harddrives just don't handle the massive number of read writes, that Bittorrent and some p2p clients rely on, well at all.

 

[Arcygenical]

I replaced the dive with an older Maxtor I had kicking around... It seems that having may read/write operations to either disk (or my startup disk) results in a lockup... I just re-installed windows too... Any other suggestions?

 

[defakto]

have you tried the latest driver for the onboard controller from the manufacturer?