Front Audio Header

[Graham]

Just got a case with front USB & Audio sockets. Connected up the extra 2 USB
ports fine, but front audio header has jumpers over the left and right audio
outs. Removed these to connect the front socket which works but now there is
no audio from the rear socket at all..
Is this normal? I imagined that both would work, and when headphones plugged
in the front the audio to the rear would be cut off - I am just expecting
too much? Mobo is a Biostar M71F
TIA

 

[Ric H]

Just got a case with front USB & Audio sockets. Connected up the extra 2 USB
ports fine, but front audio header has jumpers over the left and right audio
outs. Removed these to connect the front socket which works but now there is
no audio from the rear socket at all..
Is this normal? I imagined that both would work, and when headphones plugged
in the front the audio to the rear would be cut off - I am just expecting
too much? Mobo is a Biostar M71F
TIA

you've just connected them wrongly - you're correct in that the jumpers
bridge the connections so the rear spkr connectors work - the idea being
that the front panel audio headers bridge the same connections (hence rear
spkrs work) until you insert a headphone jack, when it breaks the
connection.

try swapping round the L and R send/return cables - you can't damage
anything here.

ric h

 

[Graham]

The cables from the front sockets are just 1 pin plugs. There are four audio
cables - Left, ground, right, ground. So I cannot cover both pins on left
and right on the header, just one. I guess I could try connecting the ground
to the second left and right header pins to create a circuit, but worried
that this could cause a short....
The header pin layout is
1. Mic in 2. Ground
3. Mic power 4.Audio power - no idea what these are for!
5. RT line out 6. RT line out (But it is not line out, tried it)
7. N/A 8. N/A
9. LFT OUT 10. LEFT OUT (Again, 10 is actually linked to the rear socket)
TIA

 

[Graham]

Sorry, to simplify, the problem is my case connectors are just 1-pin female
for left and again for right, hence they cannot bridge the two pins. Can be
easily solved if I can find some 1 -2 pin adaptors if such a thing exists!
Thanks for the info.