About mini PCIe slots and cards.

molokow · May 7, 2016

Hi, could someone tell me if I could use an extension for the mini slot and put a sound card to it?
If so, what type of sound card port etc would I need? As in what type of pin set up.. Thanks.
I have this motherboard
http://www.asrock.com/mb/intel/Z97M-ITXac/

k1114 · May 7, 2016

Yes and you'd get a pcie sound card. But why? And wouldn't usb be easier?

molokow · May 7, 2016

Well, does the quality end up the same? And, dont think usb sound cards has the connections for multi channel sound?

Chicano · May 7, 2016

What's wrong with the built in audio?... if it doesn't work, it may need drivers and if it has suffered any type of damage, you can install a PCIe x 1 sound card in the PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot,.. that's if you don't already have PCIe video card on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Sound-Cards/SubCategory/ID-57

[strike]BTW: I don't see a PCIe x 1 mini slot in the mobo images [/strike]

Found the Vertical Half Mini-PCI Express port but haven't found a sound card for it.

molokow · May 7, 2016

Are usb sound cards as good as pcie?

molokow · May 7, 2016

The quality is poor

Chicano · May 7, 2016

That should depend on what you pay for a USB sound card... they are said to be as good and additionally have the advantage of being isolated from internal interferences that can cause audio noises.

molokow · May 7, 2016

The sound card in my motherboard is not load enough for my headset hence the need to put something external or something else. Don't know what to do. Have tried all settings on my pc

Chicano · May 7, 2016

Do you mean onboard audio doesn't give enough volume?... if so, try updating the audio drivers... download them from the motherboard support > downloads page, and tweak the Realtek audio manager to get the best sound from the audio chip. Another option to get higher volume from any sound card is Media Player Classic... well, at least for audio and video files.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97M-ITXac/?cat=Download&os=Win764
https://www.google.com/search?q=classic+media+player&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=nrguV_G4HczgjwOu5LHQDQ

molokow · May 7, 2016

Chicano :

Yes onboard
The drivers you gave me are still current.
I just need 20% more.

Chicano · May 8, 2016

Even if your installed audio drivers are current you should reinstall them from fresh downloads to get rid of possible corruption.

k1114 · May 8, 2016

Probably high impedance headphones. What settings have you tried? Make sure it's set to stereo. You could try equalization. There's also software to boost it.

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