On Jul 2, 2005, at 7:52 PM, Patrick Vaughan wrote:
It's a Chaintech SKT600's onboard sound. Another poster said that
he's seen onboard audio that uses the other stereo ports to support
surround sound. I had thought that the "external codec" was probably
dependant on Windows drivers. I downloaded the manual and it says
"With external high quality 5.1-channel AC97 Codec", "Complete
software driver supports for Windows® OS" and "Optional S/PDIF out
function". And that's ALL it says about it.
Either way, I've never liked onboard sound. I've always noticed noise
from the bus (clicks or static when video, com ports, or hard drives
are being used). Someone else suggested the TurtleBeach Riviera, and
I think I'm going to go with one of those.
Sorry, I missed the original post, so you may have already given some
of this info.
What kind of board is it? If it doesn't have spdif output on the
board,
is there a header for it that you could buy a bracket for? Some
soundcards do this, put the spdif on a header and sell a connector,
and
it would seem odd that they say they support "external codec" and
don't
really have a way to support it.
-Michael
I found a descriptions of that board at
http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~192976.asp
The feature list says what you posted, plus the following:
Audio Subsystem
• With external high quality 5.1-Channel AC'97 Codec
• Complete software driver supports for Windows OS
• Optional SPDIF out function
On board connector for external device
• Optional 3x2 pin SPDIF connector for additional SPDIF-out adaptor
If your board has that header, you would only need the connector, and
you wouldn't be using the (analog portion) on board audio.
You'd just need to determine if the linux driver supports pass through
with that audio chip, and what the adapter costs compared to a
replacement audio card.
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