How do I get the headphone jack on the front of my PC to work?

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  • Socks
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 8475

    #1

    How do I get the headphone jack on the front of my PC to work?

    By hooking that to the motherboard, will it work for my soundcard? Or do I need to connect it directly to my soundcard somehow? Back in the day there was a cable to the CD-Rom drive, but I dunno about this headphone jack..
  • riddler
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2004
    • 3726

    #2
    should be a jumper on the motherboard to hook the front plug on the case in, i know that works with integrated now normal cards might have the plug on it.

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    • Redrob
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2004
      • 4791

      #3
      Be sure to set the master volume to the right level and be sure the mute is turned off.

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      • woj
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        • Jul 2002
        • 47880

        #4
        Do you actually have a soundcard? 99% of the people just use onboard audio..
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        • Socks
          Confirmed User
          • May 2002
          • 8475

          #5
          hehe yea I have a couple.. I'm seriously contemplating swapping actually.. Right now I have a soundblaster X-Fi that's good for games, because it takes over the processing duties for sound, increasing performance. However I use big reference monitor speakers on my PC, and have a Echo Mia soundcard for music that I could use. Advantage to that is the 1/4" plugs, one for each speaker (like for an electric guitar for example).

          With my X-Fi I get a high pitched hiss that I can't seem to get rid of. Starts as soon as windows initializes. Doesn't happen with the other soundcard..

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          • pussyluver
            Clueless OleMan
            • Mar 2003
            • 11009

            #6
            Maybe this is one of those times ya just check-in over at the Geek Squad? Save the time and headache.

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            • Socks
              Confirmed User
              • May 2002
              • 8475

              #7
              Originally posted by pussyluver
              Maybe this is one of those times ya just check-in over at the Geek Squad? Save the time and headache.
              Ha! They'll never get my money.

              If it comes to it, i'll order a 6ft headphone extension cable from Monoprice for $0.61. In fact, now that I think of it, if someone here wants one too we can take advantage of a bulk savings deal at only $0.59 each. That's a full savings of 4 cents, that I'll gladly split.

              http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

              Kinda like when I asked at the music store how I can get a manual rotary knob for the volume on my speakers here, instead of having to use software.. They recommended the "Big Knob" for only like $300... lolz.. not quite a $300 problem..

              Last edited by Socks; 04-11-2009, 10:48 PM.

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              • bausch
                Confirmed User
                • Jul 2006
                • 3017

                #8
                Do you need the headphone jack to work so that you can watch porn with the sound up without waking everyone else up?

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                • pussyluver
                  Clueless OleMan
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 11009

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Socks


                  I like it!

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                  • JD
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 22651

                    #10
                    ctrl+alt+hammer

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