Sound Cards & SATA CD/DVD drives

[ignite_98]

Hello,
Can a SATA CD/DVD drive be used with a sound card?

 

[elel]

Yes, it can. I'm guessing that you are asking because you are wondering about the audio cable that used to go directly from the drive to the card. I have never had a problem omitting this cable.

 

[ignite_98]

Yes, it can. I'm guessing that you are asking because you are wondering about the audio cable that used to go directly from the drive to the card. I have never had a problem omitting this cable.

Thanks elel,

Thats exactly what I was wondering, was about the audio cable. So in other words, the SATA picks up the sound card through the mother board.

 

[elel]

I'm not sure about the exact sound path, but I think that it is now handled through the operating system and sound drivers. I never experimented, but I think that the cable carried analog sound from converters within the cd drive to the card, saving the rest of the computer the trouble of handling the stream.