- Jan 8, 2014
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I am building a computer and I have an LG optical dvd drive/burner and the Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIE card. I have installed both...not booted the PC yet as no OS installed or monitor yet, but everything is getting power so far. This is a stupid question, but in the past I always ran a cable from my old sound cards to the DVD drive. The cable I have now came out of my old PC, doesn't match the config of the only pin config on the SB card. How does sound get from the DVD to the Sound blaster card? Is that cable just for onboard sound input from the DVD? It was plugged into the mobo on my old PC. This new mobo - Asus Z87-A has a front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) and a digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF OUT). The case manual led me to connect the AAFP jack to the cable attached to the case, Sitting here thinking...to what and for what reason? On the attached linked
photo you can see some kind of connector pin config on the right side. What is that for? It's an OEM and did not come with specs.
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