How do I connect front panel audio jacks on a PC case (phones+mic) to a SoundBlaster Live! 5.1? Most new motherboards have a 9-pin audio connector (looks like a USB connector) for a front panel. Of course, SB Live! doesn't have such a connector. My PC case has a standard 9-pin connector as well as separate 7 wires: black, grey, yellow, brown, red, blue and green. The connector's pins are marked as follows (please view in monospaced font):
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FP_MIC [x][x] GND
FP_VREF [x][x] +5V
PHONE_R [x][x] NC
NC [x][ ] key
PHONE_L [x][x] NC
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My Creative SounBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital (model SB0220) has the following connectors:
SPDIF_IO (5 pins),
CD_SPDIF (2 pins),
AUX_IN (4 pins),
CD_IN (4 pins),
TAD (4 pins)
as well as a white 10-pin connector which is labeled "For Creative's Proprietary use" in the manual.
I'm not an electronics guru so the question is: what to plug where? Looks like I'm not the only one to face a problem like this, so if this is a dead end I want to know it for sure, if there's a hope, let's try to find a solution.
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1
FP_MIC [x][x] GND
FP_VREF [x][x] +5V
PHONE_R [x][x] NC
NC [x][ ] key
PHONE_L [x][x] NC
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My Creative SounBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital (model SB0220) has the following connectors:
SPDIF_IO (5 pins),
CD_SPDIF (2 pins),
AUX_IN (4 pins),
CD_IN (4 pins),
TAD (4 pins)
as well as a white 10-pin connector which is labeled "For Creative's Proprietary use" in the manual.
I'm not an electronics guru so the question is: what to plug where? Looks like I'm not the only one to face a problem like this, so if this is a dead end I want to know it for sure, if there's a hope, let's try to find a solution.