Asus A8N-SLI premium front panel audio connector

[bgc99]

I noticed that the front panel audio connector has what appears to be a jumper or jumpers attached. I can't tell if it's 1 or 2 but I'm wondering what's the purpose? My case (Antec P180 has a front panel audio connector that would fit this header if the jumper(s) is removed, but I don't want to disable something by removing them.

Thanks,
BGC

 

[Steeldragonnyc]

I think removing the jumpers disables the ear, mic, line in etc. This will be the set thats located on the IO sheild

 

[orion23]

I believe some motherboards support both the rear audio imputs / outputs + the front panel ones.

I removed the jumpers from mine and I know the front headphone works, the mic I haven't tested it yet.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I removed removed the jumpers from the mobo and plugged them to the front panel audio cables of my P180, headphone and mic work fine.

 

[bgc99]

I believe some motherboards support both the rear audio imputs / outputs + the front panel ones.

If hooking up the front panel audio connector disables the rear audio jacks, that's nuts. I didn't even see a mention of the jumpers in the manual where it shows all the connector locations. I'll have to look it over again.

BGC

 

[Capt Caveman]

Both the front and rear audio input/outputs work on my system.

 

[mechBgon]

If you don't have a front-audio cable, then you should have the jumpers in place. If you were to remove the jumpers without installing a front-audio cable, you would not get any sound from the rear jacks.

With the front-audio cable connected, the rear jacks should still function until you plug something into the front jacks, at which point the front jacks take over. Which makes sense.

In the event that someone searches this thread up and needs to know which pins should have jumpers on them... look at the FP_AUDIO header and it is like this:

a standard FP_AUDIO header with no jumpers, note the single pin as a reference point

the jumpers go on the pairs of pins that are on either side of that single pin

 

[bgc99]

If you don't have a front-audio cable, then you should have the jumpers in place. If you were to remove the jumpers without installing a front-audio cable, you would not get any sound from the rear jacks.

With the front-audio cable connected, the rear jacks should still function until you plug something into the front jacks, at which point the front jacks take over. Which makes sense.

Thanks for the info., I thought it should work that way but wasn't sure. The picture of the header in the manual showed the jumper locations shaded in blue (like the color of the jumpers), they just left out any explanation of them.

BGC

 

[TheTruth]

Well I can't thank you guys enough, Ive fixed a problem I was struggling for over 2-3 years. with that diagram of jumpers, the manual was pretty vague. allthough NOW i get why the parts were blue.. anyhow, THANKS!:thumbsup: