Front/rear audio sockets switchable?

[Andre Willey]

My new-build modo (Abit AV8) has internal jumpers which select either rear
audio socketry or front-panel connectors. I'd rather assumed that the front
panel sockets would be switched in some way so that if nothing was plugged
into the front socket, the rear audio outputs would be enabled - but I'm
guessing from the manual that this is not the case.

It seems odd, as I had planned to have my main speakers connected to the
rear ports and occasionally plug a headset into the front panel socket.

I guess it's no biggie though, I currently use an external switchbox but
I'd rather hoped I could ditch it with my new system.

Andre
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[Ralph Wade Phillips]

Howdy!

My new-build modo (Abit AV8) has internal jumpers which select either rear
audio socketry or front-panel connectors. I'd rather assumed that the front
panel sockets would be switched in some way so that if nothing was plugged
into the front socket, the rear audio outputs would be enabled - but I'm
guessing from the manual that this is not the case.

Depends on the wiring for the case.

Some have a jumper so both jacks are hot - some wire up the built-in
switch available on some jacks so that the front panel drops the rear. And
I've seen a few that don't have either jumper or second-leg.

It seems odd, as I had planned to have my main speakers connected to the
rear ports and occasionally plug a headset into the front panel socket.

Still can do - but again, it depends on the case wiring.

I guess it's no biggie though, I currently use an external switchbox but
I'd rather hoped I could ditch it with my new system.

Again, depends on the case wiring.

RwP

 

[Andre Willey]

Just had a thought... I've got a decent 5.1 PCI card, can I have both a
PCI Soundblaster card and the onboard audio of my Abit AV8 mobo running
at the same time? That way I could connect the speakers onto the PCI card
and route the on-board audio to the machine's front panel for easy
headphone access. But would both outputs work together from the same
audio source, or what? And how would I automatically mute the speakers
when I'm using headphones? (the case I'm using does not appear to have
switched front-panel audio sockets, the 'return audio' wires are hard-
wire bridged to the output pins)

Regards,

Andre
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