5.1 audio on on-board sound

[cloakster]

heyi just ordered these speakers. http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN

i have Realtek AC'97 audio and i was wondering if i would be able to hook them up. i have this mobo: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=639

i have only 2 speaker ports (well from what i can see) but from what i know there should be more ports is this true?

thx,
cloaker

[sackynut]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

it will work

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

so how many plugs do i have to plug in for it?

[Sevigon]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

It should work. Make sure there are an "orange, green, and black" connectors on the motherboard for Sound.

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

theres 1 orange, 1 green, but 1 light blue and no black

[Sevigon]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

I believe you need to have the black one.. I've only setup one pair on one computer, so I'm not exactly sure. But, the black one, I assume, is required.

You can pick up a soundcard that will work for $10 on newegg. sound is still great.

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

^^^^^

[-[MDS]-Stormy]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

This is a classic case of RTFM. But being the nice guy I am I downloaded it from MSI just for you (MSI and their complete crap download servers that is, 12 minutes for a 6.5 mb file on 6 mb down connection).

Anyway, assuming you still have the manual, and if not you can download it from here,

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/manual/mnu/spt_mnu_detail.php?UID=639&kind=1

go to page A-7 (Appendix A) and it quite clearly shows how to connect 5.1 speakers, and what settings to use in the AC97 Configuration Utility.

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

what download are u talking about? also the manual is in black and white so i cant tell what ports they are talking about

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

^^^^^

[-[MDS]-Stormy]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

what download are u talking about?

This one, http://download.msi.com.tw/support/m.../E7093v1.6.zip

Or to make it easier,



I thought it was rather self-explanatory. Starting from top to bottom,

Rear speaker out
Front speaker out
Center/Subwoofer speaker out

don't think that it should matter that the picture in the manual is in black and white. And you select the speaker configuration from the radio buttons on the left. Of course that also requires installing the software that comes with the drivers.

[cloakster]

Re: 5.1 audio on on-board sound

k, thx a lot