Then where are the leads to the front audio connector?
Chuck Norcutt
Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Nope the back sockets are mounted directly on the mother board :-(
> Of course I could have broken a track, but somehow it successfully detects
> when the jack plug is inserted (little pop-up 'a plug has been inserted')
> thanks anyway,
> jez
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I assume that your rear panel sockets are connected to the motherboard
>> via cable and a multi-pin connector of some sort. I suspect that this
>> cable or connector have come loose somehow... possibly by accidentally
>> jostling them while installing the PCI parallel card. I would check the
>> condition of the wire connections and pull and re-seat the motherboard
>> connector. Presumably the front speaker connections emanate from the
>> same connector so check to see what's the difference if any.
>>
>> I considered (briefly) that there might be IRQ or other interference
>> with the audio from the new PCI card but I don't know how that could
>> occur and, given that you have audio out the front, that can't be the
>> problem. As I said, both front and rear audio wiring should emanate
>> from the same motherboard connector so the wiring or connector would
>> seem the likely candidates. My bet is just a loose connector... and
>> it's probably close to that new PCI card.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>> Forgive me for hijacking the list to ask a PC question, but I've lost the
>>> speaker audio from the rear sockets on my Dell PC. The front headphone
>>> socket is ok, and the rear mic socket ok, and the PC detects when I plug
>> a
>>> jack into any of the rear sockets, but there's no audio coming out the
>> rear
>>> at all. What have I just done? Well I installed a new C: hard-disk,
>>> reinstalled WinXP and all the updates, and installed a PCI -> parallel
>>> printer card and of course I installed all the peripheral drivers. And
>>> audio _is_ working ok out the front sockets so I think the driver is ok.
>> I
>>> reinstalled just to be sure anyway. Any brilliant ideas what I might
>> have
>>> done wrong?
>>> Apologies again for the non-OM content - maybe you want to see a photo of
>>> the rear sockets?
>>> cheers
>>> jez
>>>
>>> BTW (on-topic-ish) - you recently all gave me great suggestions for
>> scenic
>>> routes around Lake Ontario - well I have to cull the >500 pictures before
>> I
>>> show them, but they were GREAT suggestions and we had a wonderful time.
>>> Thanks!
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