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PC speaker to sound card routing software question.
krick:
don't know about your specific sound card but just about every sound blaster card I have ever seen has a 2 pin connector on it labeled "pc speaker". You just connect the 2 pin speaker output from the motherboard to the connector on the card and sound comes out through the sound card output.
I'm not positive but I think you may also need to go into the mixer (double click on the speaker in the tray), under the options-> properties menu, enable the display of the PC speaker, and un mute it.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: krick on October 06, 2005, 01:49:31 am ---don't know about your specific sound card but just about every sound blaster card I have ever seen has a 2 pin connector on it labeled "pc speaker". You just connect the 2 pin speaker output from the motherboard to the connector on the card and sound comes out through the sound card output.
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Well, there isn't a specific sound card, this is using the onboard sound on a Shuttle AK38N mobo. There are two CD-Audio inputs, and the link I posted above explains how to connect into this using a standard cable and a capacitor and resistor. I'm tempted to see what would happen just running a wire from the speaker output to this, but then again, don't really want to fry the mobo. . .
--- Quote ---I'm not positive but I think you may also need to go into the mixer (double click on the speaker in the tray), under the options-> properties menu, enable the display of the PC speaker, and un mute it.
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PC Speaker is unmuted already. Sound works through the PC Speaker, it just sounds bad (not sure the external speakers will sound much better?), and lacks a convenient volume control . . .)
krick:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on October 06, 2005, 06:45:38 am ---
Well, there isn't a specific sound card, this is using the onboard sound on a Shuttle AK38N mobo. There are two CD-Audio inputs, and the link I posted above explains how to connect into this using a standard cable and a capacitor and resistor. I'm tempted to see what would happen just running a wire from the speaker output to this, but then again, don't really want to fry the mobo. . .
Sound works through the PC Speaker, it just sounds bad (not sure the external speakers will sound much better?), and lacks a convenient volume control . . .)
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If you have onboard sound, I don't think you have any real options other than that link.
The PC speaker output on your motherboard is already amplified to drive the PC speaker. I wouldn't hook it up directly to the aux input. That capacitor/resistor circuit is there to drop it to line level to protect your motherboard.
If it sounds crappy now, it will still sound crappy. You will have a volume control, however.
Too bad you don't have a motherboard with a CMI8738 chip our you could do this instead...
http://www.deinmeister.de/cmi8738s_e.htm
Tiger-Heli:
Or I suppose I could shell out $13 for this and use the mono input . . .
krick:
Personally, I'd buy a soundblaster PCI card that has the 2-pin "PC Speaker" input.
Then you can just make the connection with a simple 2-wire cable. No soldering involved.
I believe it also converts the pc speaker input into "dual mono" so that it comes out of both speakers.
I'm not sure what specific SB models have this 2-pin input but I'll start looking and see if I can dig up a few.
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