Connecting the Front Audio Ports

[Cow Fly]

I have finished assembling my new pc and am now installing windows without any problems however I was never able to connect the front audio ports on my Coolermaster Praetorian case to my Asus A8n SLI Deluxe motherboard. I am not sure where to plug in each of the wires. Below is a diagram that I constructed to illustrate my situation.

Wiring Diagram

 

[mechBgon]

Strange that Coolermaster didn't give you one big plug with the wires all laid out. This is one header that's pretty much standardized. But whatever. If you want an authoritative answer, ask Coolermaster, but here's my hunch:

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As you can see with your own eyes, L-RET and L-OUT are electrically connected, so they're the same thing. Stick them on the BLINE_OUT_L and Line out_L pins, doesn't matter which is which if they're both riding the same wire.

Ditto for their twins with letter R instead of L.

The GROUND wire from that group, plug into the NC pin.

On the MIC group, my guess is you should leave the +5VA pin vacant and plug the MIC-POWER wire onto the MICPWR pin, the GROUND pin onto the AGND pin, and the MIC-IN wire on the MIC2 pin.

Again, if you're wanting an authoritative answer, then it would be good to get that straight from Coolermaster

 

[Cow Fly]

I followed your advice an got the headphones working but not the mic.

 

[Cow Fly]

Any ideas on how I would get the mic working?

 

[mechBgon]

You might be justified in posting over in the Cases & Cooling section next. Someone must know. Personally I would hate to guess any further when there's a possibility of blowing up your microphone by suggesting the wrong thing. Or drop Coolermaster an email?

 

[Cow Fly]

I've already emailed Coolermaster and am waiting for a reply.

 

[tomcas1]

The connections look good. I'd suspect a software setting. Have you dug through all of the control panel and sound control settings?

 

[Shadizzy]

great, now if there was a way to get the front panel audio to work with the audigy cards soo i can plug into the case

 

[vidguru83]

is there a definite fix to this setup here, i have mines unplugged because im afraid i will mess it up.

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

Heh same here. I got the Mic port working but I didn't even bother with the speakers.

 

[TeranteK]

What did you plug in where to get the mic working cause if i know that i can work out the headphones and post back when i get it working.

 

[Confusednewbie1552]

Too lazy to type it all in, but look in your manual. And do some guessing. I'll gurantee you'd find it.

 

[Robbidoo]

Did you ever get a solution for this?

I have the same problem trying to get the mic to work, but on my Wave Master I only have GND and Mic-PWR cables, no mic-in.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[bigj3347]

Does intstalling an audigy to replace onboard audio automatically disable the front planel audio as well??

 

[llars]

I have a FrontX hooked up to my A8N-SLI and the headphone jack works, but there is no Audio cutoff. That is, when I plug in my headphones the speakers do not mute. Any ideas?