Front panel audio connectors

Arianyr

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Hi


I am trying to work out how to connect my front audio panel to my motherboard (asus a8n32-sli). The pins on my motherboard are set up like this (which I believe is AC'97):
- mic 2
- micpwr
- line out R
- line out L
- NC
- B line out R
- B line out L
- +5VA
- AGND

Unfortunately the front panel on my case has these wires:
- mic in r
- mic in l
- l out
- r out
- gnd (brown cable)
- gnd (yellow cable)

So my big question here is: how should I connect the pins to get some stuff to work (I would be happy with just stereo output for my headset)? A bigger question is: if I connect the plugs for my output, will the rear output still work?

The idea I have in my head is to connect my woofer+speakers to the rear of my case, and plug in my headset into the front. If I need big sound I would just flip on the switch of my woofer and put my headset down. Possible?

Thanks for any assistance you can give me.
 

Arianyr

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Well as a quick update: I got the output to work (meaning I can plug in my headphone) but apparantly putting jumpers over the line out pins disables the rear plugs, which is highly annoying.