P4C800-E and ATI All In Wonder 9800 Pro

[Peter]

Are there any known problems using an ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro video
card in a PC with the P4C800-E motherboard?

If you know of any problems or if you've had any trouble getting these two
to play nice with each other please let me know. Thanks.

Peter

 

[Herb Crites]

Wow, Peter, great minds must spec alike. I put that same video card in
my system (assembled over last Thanksgiving weekend), along with the
P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard and Antec SX1040B II case per the previous
thread. I've had no problems at all. Here's a tip, though. If you're
going to use the mobo's onboard sound with that AIW 9800 video card, I
recommend you jump the video card's CD OUT to the AUX IN audio connector
on the ASUS motherboard. That way you can reconfigure the external
audio in jack to power a rear pair of speakers in a four speaker
arrangment. Otherwise you have to plug the audio lead of the capture cable
(the one that runs to your camcorder) into that jack and will only be able
to drive a pair of front speakers. The internal CD-style cable required
to do this is a bit hard to find--it has to have identical, four-pin
female connectors on each end. And, please remember to unmute and turn up
the gain on the SoundMax AUX recording port when you do video capture so
that sound gets captured as well as video.

Good luck with the build,

Herb

 

[Uncooked meat prior to state vector collapse]

Wow, Peter, great minds must spec alike. I put that same video card in
my system (assembled over last Thanksgiving weekend), along with the
P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard and Antec SX1040B II case per the previous
thread. I've had no problems at all. Here's a tip, though. If you're
going to use the mobo's onboard sound with that AIW 9800 video card, I
recommend you jump the video card's CD OUT to the AUX IN audio connector
on the ASUS motherboard. That way you can reconfigure the external
audio in jack to power a rear pair of speakers in a four speaker
arrangment. Otherwise you have to plug the audio lead of the capture cable
(the one that runs to your camcorder) into that jack and will only be able
to drive a pair of front speakers. The internal CD-style cable required
to do this is a bit hard to find--it has to have identical, four-pin
female connectors on each end. And, please remember to unmute and turn up
the gain on the SoundMax AUX recording port when you do video capture so
that sound gets captured as well as video.

Thanks for the tip about the audio out. And peter, another vote for the
P4C800-E and AIW 9800Pro. Running great together here.

 

[Peter]

How is the noise level with the SX1040B II case? Also, are you using the
power supply that came with the case or a different one?

Peter

 

[Peter]

If you're
going to use the mobo's onboard sound with that AIW 9800 video card, I
recommend you jump the video card's CD OUT to the AUX IN audio connector
on the ASUS motherboard. That way you can reconfigure the external
audio in jack to power a rear pair of speakers in a four speaker
arrangment. Otherwise you have to plug the audio lead of the capture cable
(the one that runs to your camcorder) into that jack and will only be able
to drive a pair of front speakers. The internal CD-style cable required
to do this is a bit hard to find--it has to have identical, four-pin
female connectors on each end.

Any suggestions where to get that audio cable?

Peter

 

[DanO]

Usually comes with any CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD drive.

Any suggestions where to get that audio cable?

Peter

 

[Peter]

The cables I have for connecting the audio output of a CD drive to the
motherboard do not work. They have connectors that are physically larger
than the internal audio connector on the ATI card.

Peter

 

[Peter]

Any suggestions where to get that audio cable?

Peter

For the benefit of anyone else who may be following this... What is
needed is a "white-to-black" CD audio cable. A "black-to-black" cable
will not work ... the black connectors will not fit the connector on the
ATI card.

Peter