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Front Audio Hookup

Feb 29, 2004 10:21PM PST

I have just installed my motherboard (Elitegroup Ks57a( into a new case (Axio ATX 732 X5 Series) This case comes with two front USB ports as well as a headphone and mic jack. I have hooked up the USB ports,(although one is current not working) but the headphone and mic jack setup is giving me problems. I can't make heads nor tails of how to connect them to my motherboard. I know they go to my FP_Audio but I don't know what connector goes to what pin because they are labled differently from one another. This is my first time doing this by the way and I am just impressed that my machine is still working. They pins on the ribbon for the headphone and jack from the case are:
L-IN - White wire
L-OUT - Red wire
GRND - Black
Mice - IN - Orange
R-OUT - Red
R-IN - White
MIC - IN - Green
GRND - BLK

The confusing thing is the pins on the motherboard seem to be marked differently then what is in the manual. But the pin setup is the same with 5pin on the left and a 3 blank 1 pin on the right. If anyone can sort this out for me or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

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Re:Front Audio Hookup
Feb 29, 2004 11:17PM PST

"They pins on the ribbon for the headphone and jack from the case are:
L-IN - White wire
L-OUT - Red wire
GRND - Black
Mice - IN - Orange
R-OUT - Red
R-IN - White
MIC - IN - Green
GRND - BLK"

These seem clear to me. Except the "Mice" one.

"The confusing thing is the pins on the motherboard seem to be marked differently then what is in the manual. But the pin setup is the same with 5pin on the left and a 3 blank 1 pin on the right. If anyone can sort this out for me or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it."

The manual is often a rushed affair. See if the maker's web site has a newer manual and from experience, the marking on the motherboard is often correct.

Bob

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Re:Re:Front Audio Hookup
Feb 29, 2004 11:35PM PST

That was a typo sorry.

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Re:Re:Re:Front Audio Hookup
Feb 29, 2004 11:40PM PST

"That was a typo sorry."

My bet is the motherboard manual has those too!

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Re:Re:Re:Re:Front Audio Hookup
Feb 29, 2004 11:51PM PST

My MB Audio pins on the MB are:

FP_AUD10

1. Aud_Mic 2. Aud_Gnd
3. Aud_Mic_Bias 4. Aud_Vcc
5. Aud_Fpout_R 6. Gnd
7. Hp_On 8. Key
9. Aud_Fpout_L 10. Gnd

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Re:Front Audio Hookup
Feb 29, 2004 11:50PM PST

My MB Audio pins on the MB are:

FP_AUD10

1. Aud_Mic 2. Aud_Gnd
3. Aud_Mic_Bias 4. Aud_Vcc
5. Aud_Fpout_R 6. Gnd
7. Hp_On 8. Key
9. Aud_Fpout_L 10. Gnd

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Re:Re:Front Audio Hookup
Mar 1, 2004 6:09AM PST

I am looking at the manual for that board and the connections appear obvious. Two channels each for left and right headphones. Two channels for the MIC. #7 is reserved for future use to control Headphone amplifier and #8 is a key.

What happens when you connect them?