Nforc2 SoundStorm: Is digital input available or not?

[Herkulese]

I will be building a PC for my church that will be used for sound auditing. We record sermons on DAT tape and input via a sound blaster live sound card.
I would like to use an Nforce2 for this new PC but I only see digital in on the Chaintech board, as it comes with a slot connector with optical digital in and out.
Is there digital in on any of the other boards or not? If not is there a way to use a riser card or some other mechanism to get digital input?

 

[kgraeme]

I don't recall seeing digital in on any boards.

 

[tuan121]

sure does. its a seperate card on each motherboard. well atleast the epox has one.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Doesn't the Chaintech nForce2 board use the Cmedia and doesn't have the SoundStorm? What a waste.
I'm waiting for the MSI board.

 

[Herkulese]

"Doesn't the Chaintech nForce2 board use the Cmedia and doesn't have the SoundStorm? What a waste.
I'm waiting for the MSI board. "

I have read several places that a secondary sound chip is required as the interface between the Soundworks processor on the Nvidia chip and the outside world, and that the actual sound processing is done by the Nvidia chip.

Can anyone cofirm this?
Also, can anyone confirm which, if any, boards are actually using the secondary chip as the sound processor instead of the Nvidia chip?

If I buy an Nforce2 based board, I certainly want the Nvidia Soundstorm sound.

 

[GullyFoyle]

The Asus A7N8X has a SPDIF _in_ connector on the motherboard (SPDIF _out_ is available on the backplane).
You need a riser to bring it to the back of the machine. Newegg sells the riser that I believe works on all Asus MB's for $15.
This riser has both in and out, which is why I believe the A7N8X manual warns you can only use one _out_ port at a time.

 

[Herkulese]

Dan Deighan

Thanks for the info.