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				cd in connector on Bad Ax 2 mobo?
				Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:24 pm
				by D.Unnerstall
				How are you suppose to connect optical drive audio to this mainboard? I can't find any connector for the audio in on the board.
			 
			
					
				Optical drive audio?
				Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:05 pm
				by D.Unnerstall
				Been on the phone with Intel support and thye say the IDE cable supplies both audio/video extraction since Windows 98.Any here old enough to verify this?
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:09 pm
				by dgood
				you trying to use a headphone jack on the front of the cdrom? or just trying to make sure you can play music on a cd? because you don't need that annoying little cord plugged in to get audio off a cd. I think what they said is correct. I never even use the audio jack anyway on those just front audio for cases. I think you are fine with not having a place to plug it in.
			 
			
					
				Re: Optical drive audio?
				Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:13 pm
				by kenc51
				D.Unnerstall wrote:Been on the phone with Intel support and thye say the IDE cable supplies both audio/video extraction since Windows 98.Any here old enough to verify this?
It's true! 
There's a port on drives that does allow an analogue and or digital audio out, but using that along with the cable will only allow you to use a separate volume control on the mixer. Although it's a nice feature to have, it's not essential. Most discrete cards like the sound blaster series have the required input though.
 
			 
			
					
				Audio-in for 975XBX2
				Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:02 pm
				by D.Unnerstall
				Thanks for the responses! Please bear with me, know this must be rudimentary.. Got a Sound BlasterAudigy SE. Also have two optical IDE drives. Do you have to connect audio cables from both DVD-ROM & DVD Burner (with Y connector) to the sound card AUX IN to hear sound via sound card from both DVD's?