connecting pci soundcard to front panel?

[fixmarky]

Any idea if this can be done? My case has a 10-pin connector and it doesn't look like it can fit anywhere on this card. The case's front panel audio cable also has 10 seperate pin wires (attached to the single 10-pin connector), but I don't see any place where they can connect on the 710 either. Are there any adaptors or something I can use?

 

[CrashX]

Yes, it can be done. I have my AV-710 hooked up to my Antec P160. The Chaintech doesn't come with wiring diagram, so I used the diagram that came with my motherboard since it has onboard sound. All front panel pinouts are the same as it is a standard. You can probably find a diagram on the web somewhere. Otherwise, I could write one up for you if you can't find one.

 

[fixmarky]

These (bottom) are my audio pins:
http://www.lian-li.com/images/faq/a02.jpg

And I'm assuming this is the Chaintech header (w/ and w/out jumpers, respectively):
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/D845WN/img/num.gif

So it can be done? What I'm looking for is a solution that will allow me to use BOTH my rear and front jacks; i.e. being able to use my speakers with my rear jack, and headphones with the front. Obviously when I wanted to use headphones I could turn off my speakers, but by having the audio constantly "split" this way, would audio quality suffer?

Thank you so much for your help.

 

[CrashX]

Yes it can be done.
Front panel audio has two connections for each channel. And in and an out so to speak. One sends the signal up to the jack, the other is a return back to the headers. This way sound is always being sent to both the front panel and the rear jacks at the same time.

I just plug my headphones in all the time and when I want to use them (like at night when gaming and everyone is asleep), I turn my speakers down and put on the headphones.

Pins 5 and 6 are one channel and pins 9 and 10 are the other. I don't remember which is left and which is right (and I really don't want to disassemble my system right now), so you will have to experiment. But for example, if you try 5 and 6 for left channel then you would put Spk Left on 5 and Left Return on 6 and then do the same thing for right on 9 and 10.

Then fire up your system, load up an mp3 in Winamp and put on your headphones. Scroll to the left to make sure you have the channels correct. If they are backwards then just reverse pairs 5&6 with 9&10. If you get no sound at all reverse pins 5 with 6 AND 9 with 10 and test again.

Does all that make sense?

 

[fixmarky]

thanks! i'll give it a shot later today or tomorrow.