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floresiensis

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Hello,

I'm very new to PC building so please give any answers in layman terms.

The front panel audio in and out do not work and in the sound options it says unplugged. Could you please explain how to plug them in and get them working.

My Specs:
Motherboard: Asus P67 Sabretooth
Case: Antec 900 2
No sound card

Thank you.

 
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alexoiu
One end of the HD cable is already connected to the case. The other end is female, so that you can connect it to the motherboard.
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Assuming you have connected the front panel cable to the Mobo (commonly short for Motherboard) correctly, it will say unplugged until you have actually connected a patch cord (commonly refered to a cable that connects from equipment to equipment, external to the box in discussion) to it.
 
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See your motherboard manual.

The POWER BUTTON for the case runs to the same group of pins. Some motherboards have a connector to make adding wires easier however I just connect the wires directly to the pins.

Make sure to get the POSITIVE wire to the correct spot. Often the NEGATIVE cable is white or black.
 
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I have opened the case found the HD cable plugged it in and the audio ports are now working.

Thank you very much.

The cable was not long enough to go around the back of the case, so it is currently going over the GPU. Would an extension cable affect it at all or would it be fine?
 
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photonboy

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I always do a little cable management and move them out of the way of the graphics card or other components if possible.

In some cases I use zip ties.

FYI, audio quality may be slightly degraded if you use the Front Panel connector since it can pick up analog noise from the rest of the system. An extension cable can make this even worse.

Attaching headphones to the rear should have less noise though the difference might not be too obvious depending on the motherboard, case and headphones used.

(For the record the best solution in terms of quality, not necessarily value, is an external DAC which takes in a digital output from PC and converts it to analog internally thus avoiding added noise.)
 
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