fHelp with cd rom install

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Dennis Croll

I am building a new system.
Motherboard Asus a7n8x E
Installing a cdrom and cdrw drive
A cable came with each which seems to be called an analog cable for sound to
connect to a sound card. They also talk about a digital cable for output
that does not come with either drive. what do I connect these two 4 pin
cables to or do I need the spdif cables. If someone could just explain what
I should connect and how to do it.
 
Traditionally CD-ROM players came with the analog cable you mention. One
end connects to the appropriate header on the CD-ROM, and the other end
to the appropriate header/pins on the sound card. (If you have onboard
sound the headers/pins will of course be on the motherboard.)

Having it set up like this, you will be able to control the
sound level of this input (CD Audio) indepedantly in the
Windows Mixer / Sound Volume.

Alternatively, you could "Enable digital CD audio" for that CD-ROM in
Device Manager. This will mean that NO EXTRA CABLE will be needed, as it
will go over the IDE (ribbon) cables.

Having it set up like this, your CD audio volume in the Windows
Mixer will be determined by the Wave Volume slider.


Lastly, there's the digital output pins on the CD-ROM. No-one I know
uses those. I'm not sure, but I guess you can connect them to the SPDIFF
pins? I do know that using the digital output pins for some CD-ROM
players means the front phono output will be disabled.




In short, if you don't mind not being able to tweak the volume level of
the CD-ROM seperately then option two is the simplest solution.
 
If you're using Win XP as your OS then you do NOT need to use the CD-ROM or
CD-RW audio cables. In XP the audio signals from those optical drives are
carried over the data cables.
 
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