eSATA bracket install and audio skipping PROBLEM

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Dk975

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I bought a NexStar3 eSATA enclosure so I took the eSATA bracket from my mobo box (Gigabyte G33M-DS2R) and plugged the cables into ports 4&5. I have two SATA drives plugged into ports 0&1 and a SATA DVD into port 3. I have enabled AHCI in the BIOS installed the driver and the drive is recognized after 5 seconds of freeze where the mouse stops responding, but then it works. However since I installed the eSATA bracket I notice that audio is skipping and slowing down in multiple programs, running mp3s from a flash drive or a hard drive. Even if I don't turn the enclosure on, the audio skips. I also do notice that when this happens, in Task Manager, 'System' CPU activity spikes up to 10%. BTW, I am using XP Home SP2, and using onboard sound with newest drivers, and using original F2 BIOS of mobo. What could have started this?
 
Is the enclosure plugged in when audio skips? have you tried unplugging the enclosure from the computer?
 
That seems to have fixed it. I unplugged the enclosure before booting up, and I am not seeing the 'System' spike anymore and I don't hear skipping in the audio. I guess this means I can't listen to any audio if I need to do any backups to that drive.
 
Where would I get one of those? I did a search but came up empty.
 
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