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Audigy 2 and Antec Sonata front panel, is it possible to hook them up?

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Bat123Man

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Hello,

The Antec Sonata comes with an audio front panel, including a headphone jack. I want to use it instead of pulling out my Cambridge Soundwords speakers jack from the back of the computer and swapping in the headphones. Is there any way to connect an Audigy 2 to the front panel of a Sonata case? The Sonata manual states that the audio connectors use something called the "Intel standard 10-pin connector", with 7 individual pins you can use as well. Googling that phrase reveals that only Sonata owners seem to use that "Intel standard".

The only thing I have found is that I can add an Audigy 2 Drive to the 5.25 bay, and connect that via the AD_EXT pin connector on the Audigy 2. That would be fine, but I can't find a Drive for sale anywhere. Creative no longer makes them (no doubt wanting me to upgrade to the X-Fi Platinum). Is there any other way to make the connection work ?

Thanks,
BM
 
Oooh, thanks man. I checked that blog, interesting stuff. The problem is that I don't have a ZS, instead I have an Audigy 2. The closest thing I have on my card to that connector is the 40-pin AD_EXT which was originally intended to hook up the Audigy 2 Drive (for the 5.25 bay). If you have a look here, you can see the pin layoug :

http://www.driverheaven.net/au...xt-pin-assignment.html

The problem is that they are all digital out, and I would need analog out (I believe) to get this working.

Thanks for the link though,
BM.
 
Holy, solutions all over the place! Thanks for the link. I am unfortunately one of the people who don't have the 10-pin jack they are talking about :

"Please verify that your card has the small 10-pin connector before purchasing, as there are several editions that do not have this connector."

You would think I would be better off with a 40-pin connector, but it seems not to be the case.

BM.
 
put your audigy 2 for sale and buy an x-fi.

i almost broke even and i did it mostly for the front panel standard connector on the x-fi series.

i sold my audigy 2 zs.
 
On the subject of replacing your card, I was pleased to see that the HT Omega Stryker came with a pinout for the front audio jacks, and with a sensor to cut the speaker output if the front jacks are put into use.

It works, but I get noise in my headphones when plugged in. The noise came with the Stryker and onboard audio, so I attribute it to either the case's connections or something environmental. My case is an Antec Nine Hundred. I've got a Sonato too, but have never used the front jacks.
 
Thanks for the replies. I have decided to uninstall the Audigy 2 and go with onboard audio. The Realtek 883 which comes with my motherboard supports EAX, so I will give that a try for now. I can't bring myself to buy an X-Fi for the simple reason that I am worried about SCP (snap crackle pop). Before upgrading my mobo, I had wicked SCP with the Audigy 2. It was so annoying that after 6 months trying to fix it, I went back to my SB Live card. The only conclusion I could draw was that the Audigy 2 was not compatible with my chipset, which was the AMD 761 northbridge/VIA 686B southbridge at the time. The new mobo has the nForce 650i SLI chipset. After reinstalling everything, and getting the Audigy 2 back in, I was incredibly disappointed to hear SCP while playing games. So I didn't make much of an effort to fix it this time, I had no desire to go through that again. Instead, I pulled it and am going with onboard audio. If anyone is interested in the SCP issue, check it out on the Soundblaster forums :

http://forums.creative.com/cre...aster&message.id=71962

It runs more than 90 pages, and this is the third time Creative has cut off the previous thread and started a new one. They solidly blame nVidia, but their conclusions are incorrect. I had SCP but did not have an nForce4 chipset. Many other users reported it with a wide variety of chipsets, the only common factor was an Audigy or above. The "only" solution which worked in every case was either to go with onboard audio, a different soundboard manufacturer, or downgrade to the SB Live series of cards. So it is pointless for me to buy an x-fi, because I know I will just be pulling it from my system after months of endless frustration. The problem is clearly with the Audigy (and more recent) series, but Creative is not willing to admit that. So if onboard audio isn't good enough, then I will probably go with a Razor Barracuda (except they want 200 bones for it, which seems mighty steep).

BM.
 
Well my solution was to use both my audigy 2 ZS and the onboard audio. I have Z5500 speakers plugged into the ZS and a headset into the onboard stuff. I can switch between them in vista with a few clicks, XP can probably do the same thing. Only drawback is if you want to switch from speakers to headset and your game or whatevers already running, you have to restart the game.
 
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