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    Need front panel audio connector help

    I can't figure out how to connect the old
    front panel audio connections to a new motherboard.

    The front panel has a mic and headphone jack.
    The old mobo was an Imperial GL VE
    The new Mobo is an Asus P4V8X-MX

    The new mobo uses a standard intel 10-1 pin audio

    (1)Mic 2...............(2)Agnd
    (3)Micpwr............(4)+5VA
    (5)Line_out_R......(6)BLine_out_R
    (7)NC.................(8)No pin
    (9)Line_out_L.......(10)BLine_out_L

    Case = eMachines T1742 two sets 3(4)-wire connectors unmarked

    (set1) headphones(3) = red, thick black, yellowish orange
    (set2) Mic(4) =red, Thick Black, no connector, yellow

    The mobo came with jumpers at positions 5:6 and 9:10,
    to route the audio to the back port for speakers.
    If I remove these, I won't get speaker sound.

    Can someone help me determine which wire goes where?
    I have tried to do enough research to determine the configuration,
    I am thinking the fat black wires are ground, but I'm not 100% certain,
    also I'm thinking I should be able to attach the left and right to pins 5&6 and 9&10 to maintain front and rear headphone&speaker usage.

    I defiantly would like some reassurance a second opinion before I try it and short something.

    Thanks in advance,
    Mike

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    I found this thread that does discuss this issue and has someone's 7 pin wiring code with colours - if you have a decent voltmeter you might be able to cross check stuff:

    http://tinyurl.com/rn4wd
    Last edited by CCT; August 12th, 2006 at 05:07 PM.

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    Thank you,
    although it wasn't exactly the same connection,
    it gave me some good insight to back up my educated guess.

    Well, I found a 10-pin connector in my drawer at work,
    so I got out the soldering iron and the multi-meter
    and gave my idea a try,

    I split the red speaker wire to pins 5 & 6
    and the yellow speaker wire to pins 9 & 10
    I had to attach them to both for the rear audio to work.

    And I put both grounds into pin 2

    The sound works perfectly,
    unfortuantley you need powered speaker in the rear
    as they won't disable if you plug headphones in the front.

    I attached the red mic wire to pin 1
    and the yellow to pin 3

    I haven't tested the mic yet,
    as I'm a little leary of cooking it.

    Will it wreck the mic if I got the mic and micpower reversed?

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