How do I get the headphone jack on the front of my PC to work? - GoFuckYourself.com

Socks · 04-11-2009, 09:53 PM

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 · 04-11-2009, 10:22 PM

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.

Redrob · 04-11-2009, 10:24 PM

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

woj · 04-11-2009, 10:50 PM

Do you actually have a soundcard? 99% of the people just use onboard audio..

Socks · 04-11-2009, 11:33 PM

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..

pussyluver · 04-11-2009, 11:34 PM

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

Socks · 04-11-2009, 11:47 PM

Quote:

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..

bausch · 04-12-2009, 12:04 AM

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

pussyluver · 04-12-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Socks

I like it!

JD · 04-12-2009, 12:13 AM

ctrl+alt+hammer

04-11-2009, 09:53 PM	#1
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	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..

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riddler Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: up in gang bang heaven Posts: 3,726	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 Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In a refrigerator box by the tracks. Posts: 4,791	Be sure to set the master volume to the right level and be sure the mute is turned off.

04-11-2009, 11:33 PM	#5
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	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..

04-11-2009, 11:34 PM	#6
pussyluver Clueless OleMan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ICQ - 169903487 Posts: 11,009	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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bausch Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,017	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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