A7V333 line out jumpers

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I just got a Cool Master Wave Master case and it has inputs on the top of
the case for headphones and mic. I have it wired to the front panel audio
connector on the MB. The manual says that I need to remove the Line-Out
Selectors Jumpers (4 pin BACK LT/ BACK RT) to permit automatic switching of
audio signals between the rear panel Line Out jack to the front panel. When
I remove the jumpers, the back panel Line Out doesn't work at all but the
front panel does. Is it just one or the other? I want to leave my desktop
speakers connected in the back but be able to use my headphones in the front
panel when I want. Is this doable?
 
"mkirby23" said:
I just got a Cool Master Wave Master case and it has inputs on the top of
the case for headphones and mic. I have it wired to the front panel audio
connector on the MB. The manual says that I need to remove the Line-Out
Selectors Jumpers (4 pin BACK LT/ BACK RT) to permit automatic switching of
audio signals between the rear panel Line Out jack to the front panel. When
I remove the jumpers, the back panel Line Out doesn't work at all but the
front panel does. Is it just one or the other? I want to leave my desktop
speakers connected in the back but be able to use my headphones in the front
panel when I want. Is this doable?
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The documentation for the WaveMaster on the Coolermaster website
says the Mic and Ear jacks (CN7 and CN6) are connected by means of
four wires. It is hard to read the diagram, but basically the end
with the four wires would be Ear_Left, Ear_Right, GND, and Mic_In.
For the Ear jack to be able to give you a muting function, the
Ear jack has to have Left_Return and Right_Return signals.

So, unless the WaveMaster has been improved recently, to use an
Intel-compatible FPAUDIO 2x5 or equivalent connector, then
chances are it isn't going to work.

According to the WaveMaster installation document, the two jacks
used on the front connector assembly are the five pin interrupting
type jacks. Thus, the jack is the correct type to build your own
return signals. The problem is, jack CN6 (the Ear jack) has pins
2-3 shorted together and 4-5 shorted together. Those connections
would have to be broken, and you end up with four signals instead
of two, to connect to the motherboard header. Two signals would be
the Left_Out and Right_Out coming from the motherboard audio chip
and the other two signals would be the Left_Return and Right_Return.
It would be a lot of messy work to get it wired up.

Another solution is the Asus J-Panel, but I don't know if this
is being sold anymore. It has two USB connectors, 1 SPDIF (out?),
Mic and Ear jacks of the right type to mate with a 2x5 header.
It sits in a drive bay.

http://ec1.macrotron.de/PDF/B99Z429.pdf

I had trouble finding a source at retail - this is the
first one I could find:

http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=51437

HTH,
Paul
 
Thanks for the info!

Paul said:
The documentation for the WaveMaster on the Coolermaster website
says the Mic and Ear jacks (CN7 and CN6) are connected by means of
four wires. It is hard to read the diagram, but basically the end
with the four wires would be Ear_Left, Ear_Right, GND, and Mic_In.
For the Ear jack to be able to give you a muting function, the
Ear jack has to have Left_Return and Right_Return signals.

So, unless the WaveMaster has been improved recently, to use an
Intel-compatible FPAUDIO 2x5 or equivalent connector, then
chances are it isn't going to work.

According to the WaveMaster installation document, the two jacks
used on the front connector assembly are the five pin interrupting
type jacks. Thus, the jack is the correct type to build your own
return signals. The problem is, jack CN6 (the Ear jack) has pins
2-3 shorted together and 4-5 shorted together. Those connections
would have to be broken, and you end up with four signals instead
of two, to connect to the motherboard header. Two signals would be
the Left_Out and Right_Out coming from the motherboard audio chip
and the other two signals would be the Left_Return and Right_Return.
It would be a lot of messy work to get it wired up.

Another solution is the Asus J-Panel, but I don't know if this
is being sold anymore. It has two USB connectors, 1 SPDIF (out?),
Mic and Ear jacks of the right type to mate with a 2x5 header.
It sits in a drive bay.

http://ec1.macrotron.de/PDF/B99Z429.pdf

I had trouble finding a source at retail - this is the
first one I could find:

http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=51437

HTH,
Paul
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