Installed new caviar black....
no.
Installed Win7 Ultimate......
no.
System tweaks.....
no.
Installed 002 drivers, THEN PT9.....
no.
Installed MPTK2 plugs.......
no.
Installed SSL4000 bundle (V7 r16)
no.
Going to install Komplete 7......
we shall see......
At this point I am pretty sure that any issues I might confront would be plugin issues, as my system is performing excelent!