Help Connecting Front Audio Ports

[runbird05]

Alright, I'm finishing up my first build right now and I'm not quite sure what to do with the cables attached to my front (actually top, using TT Tsunami) audio cables (headphone and mic). I'm using an Audigy 2 ZS, so I was thinking I was supposed to plug the cables into it, but the ZS only came with a generic quick start guide and says nothing about this or what all of the extra connectors on the card are for. Now, my mobo's manual (MSI K8N Neo4 Plat) has some details about connecting them to the mobo, although it refers to 8 pins and I only have 7 different cables going to the top. So, pretty much, am I supposed to connect these to the sound card itself or does it run through the mobo? If I am supposed to connect them to the sound card, where can I find a diagram or something to tell me which cable goes to which pin?

Also, another newb question, do I actually have to use the CD audio cables to connect my dvd drives to my sound card, or is this unneccessary? (the Audigy's quickstart guide says that CDDA can be enabled in the OS to transmit the CD audio). Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

 

[Mister X]

Also, another newb question, do I actually have to use the CD audio cables to connect my dvd drives to my sound card, or is this unneccessary? (

Don't need them throw them in the trash.

 

[runbird05]

Any word on the top audio ports, or should I just forget 'em for now?

 

[corrosive23]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=844140

midway down the first post.

 

[runbird05]

Alright, that looks like the direction I should be going but there are still some problems. For one thing, it suggests rigging up a method to connect the cables to the Audigy's connectors, because the little plastic plugs at the end of each cable are apparently meant to be plugged into the mobo, as they're too long and too wide to fit on the Audigy. Any ideas of how to modify the cables to connect to the Audigy?

Also, my wires don't quite coincide with the Audigy's pin connectors; I have:
1. Ear R (Line out R)
2. Return R (Line in R)
3. Ear L (Line out L)
4. Return L (Line in L)
5. Mic in
6. Mic VCC (Mic PWR)
7. Ground

I'm tempted to just forget about it; I really want to try firing this thing up!

 

[firewiz]

I have the exact same connectors.I got the front panel heaphones to work by pluging the Ear R (Line out R) into #4 below and Ear L (Line out L) into #2. Plug the ground into pin 1!It does not mute your speakers when you plug it in, but how hard is it to turn off your speakers! if that dosent work swap the L and R and try again! Make sure the connectors stay on!

As for the mic, I cant quite get it to work right yet. I fiddled around with a few different ways, but only got muttered sound through the front on the mic.

Pin 1 is on the right if your looking at the card with the pins on top and you are looking at all the capacitors.
1 analog ground
2 analog headphone left channel
3 audio backpanel mute (short to ground to mute the backpanel output, for automute when headphones are plugged in)
4 analog headphone right channel
5 same as #3
6 microphone input
7 key pin (shouldn't be there)
8 VRef out (voltage reference for microphone)
9 microphone input mute (ground when microphone isn't plugged in, +12VDC
10 audio cable detect (not normally used, will be ground when headphones are plugged in)

 

[towert7]

Alright, that looks like the direction I should be going but there are still some problems. For one thing, it suggests rigging up a method to connect the cables to the Audigy's connectors, because the little plastic plugs at the end of each cable are apparently meant to be plugged into the mobo, as they're too long and too wide to fit on the Audigy. Any ideas of how to modify the cables to connect to the Audigy?

Also, my wires don't quite coincide with the Audigy's pin connectors; I have:
1. Ear R (Line out R)
2. Return R (Line in R)
3. Ear L (Line out L)
4. Return L (Line in L)
5. Mic in
6. Mic VCC (Mic PWR)
7. Ground

I'm tempted to just forget about it; I really want to try firing this thing up!

I'm not sure what your case looks like, but are you talking about the little black plastic connectors used to connect the wires to pins on the motherboard?

If you are having trouble with the connectors not being the size of the pins on the audigy card, you could try to cut them with a straight edge razor blade if that would fix your problem. (ex, if your case connector is a 3 pin plastic connector, but the card requires a 2 pin connector. just split the connector in the middle, and that should be able to fit)

If your really skilled, you could just cut the wires and solder some new ones on.

 

[runbird05]

Well, each cable has its own individual black plastic connector, and there are several problems with connecting these to the Audigy.

1.They're too loose, won't actually "clip" onto the pin and thus fall off unless permanantly attached somehow

2.The plastic connectors are too wide to put them on consecutive pins, so you can only do at most every other pin.

That and the fact that my cables don't match the pins the way they should is just too much of a hassle for the benefit I'd get by trying to connect them. I'm going to forget about 'em for now, and maybe if I get bored sometime down the road I'll look at them. I can't use the PC yet though because one stick of my dual channel kit was dead, so I'm currently in the RMA process (I don't have any extra RAM lying around the house either).