standingbear Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hi,I recently purchased a new barebone to replace my old entertainment system. While the specs of the motherboard claims to have HD audio, it only has 1 analog output jack (lime green) in the back (it has 3 but the other 2, pink and blue are for headset and mic), and my 5.1 speaker set requires 3 jacks (black, lime green, and mustard yellow). I am just wondering how can I plug in my 5.1 with just one jack. I haven't been tracking the mobo trend for a while so am kind of outdated on this front. From googling, I have read that people are going towards home threatre systems instead of PC speakers, but that would be a costly upgrade for me. More googling indicates there are also audio front panels that can connect to the HD pins on the mobo, but I haven't gotten any luck finding such panels. (my barebone's case comes with a front panel, but it has an HDD activity LED and 2 analog jack, one lime green, the other pink). I am just wondering if you guys know where I can find some HD audio front panels to select from. Also, are there any HD audio REAR panels that connect to expansion slots in the back like a PCI card, because connecting a bunch of speaker cables to the front panel would look weird). Thanks. (another option is to buy a new audio card, but my PCIe slot is already taken by the video card). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Look at the directions/specs and the drivers/settings. There's usually a setting in Advanced Speaker Settings (under Sound and Audio Devices) that allows for 5.1 using all 3 as outputs - you no longer have Input whatsoever. I have the same thing with mine and it's not even HD.Front L/R + Rear L/R + Center/Woofer Edited October 16, 2012 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I never quite liked the idea of the single-jack surround setup that Realtek uses on motherboards. I wonder if it is emulated or maybe the quality isn't as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Ok... not knowing your Mobo (you didn't specify), here is an example of what I was indicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standingbear Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 thank you, submix8c. My mobo is ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX and I have to check out your suggestion this evening when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standingbear Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 cool. thanks submix8c. With Realtek HD Audio Manager, I got it to work! It is quite confusing though -- if I enabled enable multiple streams for the back panel and the front panel, it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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