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Kind of a dumb question about a drive

SneakyStuff

SneakyStuff

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On any standard cd, dvd, cd-rw, or dvd-r / +r drive, what is the purpose of the cord that runs from the drive to the soundcard (or mobo)? I used to always run that cord because every dell I had until 2000 did that, on my new system, after looking at pics. of your systems, I dodn't do it, and I don't know what's missing, meaning I can't tell, what IS the purpose of that cord? thanks much 🙂
 
Provides an analogue connector to your soundcard. A few years ago, cdrom drives only provided analogue audio, but almost all newer drives and motherboards and operating systems allow audio to be transferred across the IDE connection.

I have not had a single CDROM drive that required the audio cable, not even in my (at the time) one-less-than-top-of-the-range K6-233 with a Soundblaster 16 ISA.


Confused
 
It's for analog audio. Not really needed for most people. If you enable digital in the drive properties the audio will be sent through IDE like normal data.

That's really simplified, but it's the jist of it.
 
thank you both, now I know 🙂 Yea, if i'm playin HALO with sound I guess i'm good to go, just curious about that cord, now i've got a bunch of em layin around hehe
 
Thats like if its reading the audio directly off of the CD?

As opposed to running from files already installed on your HD

Or would it be for just music CDs that you pop in?
 
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