ASRock K7S41GX sound problem

[bladerider]

Hi wonder if anybody can help.

I've just put together a budget surfing/word processing system for my daughter using an ASRock K7S41GX and an XP2200. All went together fine, works great apart from the sound. But I wonder if that is my fault?

It has a simple two speaker set up and the sound is fine apart from the fact it's coming out of the right hand speaker only. Pushing the 'Super bass' system button on the speakers lets some sort of 'reverb' sound to come through the speaker that isn't working, but it's not as it should be.

The ASRock board, unusually, has two jumpers JR1 and JL1 to allow the both the front panel and rear panel audio connectors to work. As the case didn't have front panel audio connectors I stupidly removed one of the jumpers, leaving the other one. Was this the mistake? Anybody have any idea if removing this could cause the single channel sound? Does anybody have this board or a system using this board and could maybe test it for me?

Anyway she's gone back to University with the 'puter, so I can't do much at the moment.

 

[Peter]

The jumpers loop the signal from the front-out pins to the rear jacks, in case no front jacks are present. (Front audio jacks have a loopback contact if nothing is connected.) Put it back.

 

[bladerider]

I thought it should go back.

Do you think it is causing the problem? Appreciate your advice - thanks.

 

[Peter]

Yes of course - as I just said already, the jumper loops the audio signal through to the rear jack. No jumper, no circuit.