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I have to bend the coax S/PDIF cable to get sound?

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That's pretty much the issue. My computer's audio is connected to a receiver on the other side of the room via a CoAx-Spdif cable coming from this motherboard: http://preview.tinyurl.com/nfpj6z I've pulled it out and put it in so many times the port is now a little loose on the board. I'm not sure if its the motherboard or the cable cuz the cable looks fine but I have to bend the cable to the left in order to get any sound and keep it there somehow and I'm worried I might break it off. How do I fix this? should I clamp the out port with a wrench to try and make the hole smaller bc its a little loose? should I convert the coax spdif to optical and plug it in right next to it? Should I get a female to female coax and try to put another short cord in there? What would you guys do?


Message edited by spencerfine on 06-18-2009 at 09:08:44 PM
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It’s maybe the wire broke at the tensioner portion of the cable or either your terminal port is damage.
Try different RCA cable and if the problem persist then you have a damage terminal port, you can fix it or have it fix. This may require removing the board out.

I prefer TOSLINK myself, and highly recommend it over coax for such runs.

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