I removed the nVidia IDE controller driver. (It does make hard disk access slower by about 10-15%, though...

) After almost two weeks of perfect operation and no lockups, it seems reasonable to say that, yes, this driver was the damn culprit. I'm quite disappointed at nVidia's quality control now...!
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