Does this happen to anyone with the HDD installed? the SM cd takes a lot longer to load up or boot up? it takes me about 2 mins or longer. It never took that long before I installed the HDD, it usually take about 20 secs if it goes to the browser to boot up but most of the time it just boots up when I turn on the ps2.
I am getting the same problem just not as bad. My lag time is only about 15-30 seconds longer but it is noticeable.