Vocal post on K8N-e

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rick & Darlene
  • Start date Start date
R

Rick & Darlene

I guess I need to use the onboard audio to hear the vocal post reports,
right? I thought it would use the pc internal speaker. Hmmmm.

Rick
 
Rick & Darlene said:
I guess I need to use the onboard audio to hear the vocal post reports,
right? I thought it would use the pc internal speaker. Hmmmm.

Rick
Click to expand...

Yes, that's true

Jim M
 
"Rick & Darlene" said:
I guess I need to use the onboard audio to hear the vocal post reports,
right? I thought it would use the pc internal speaker. Hmmmm.

Rick
Click to expand...

The Vocal POST messages are generated by a separate chip, having
nothing to do with onboard sound. The Voice chip is permanently
wired to the lime colored, Lineout jack. If you ever need to
hear the messages, whether you are using the onboard sound, or
are using a separate sound card like an Audigy, the voice messages
will continue to be on the Lineout jack on the motherboard. The
processor doesn't make the voices, and in fact, the Voice chip
works without any CPU, memory, video card, or disk installed.

A poster in this group tells me that Voice POST doesn't even
need the two jumpers on the FP_AUDIO header to be in place,
for Voice POST to come out on the Lineout jack. If you aren't
hearing anything, I would check those two jumpers anyway, in
case Asus isn't consistent in how Voice POST is wired.

The PC speaker is generally tied to yet another chip (possibly
the Super I/O). The chip driving the PC speaker will have a
tone generator with a programmable frequency. Some boards even
have multiple methods to do it, leaving PC speaker drive
an open question as to exactly which chip is being used.

Here is the chip on your board. A method to drive the PC speaker
is on page 5, lower right corner.

http://www.iteusa.com/pc/8712ixCGV02.pdf

HTH,
Paul
 
Paul said:
The Vocal POST messages are generated by a separate chip, having
nothing to do with onboard sound. The Voice chip is permanently
wired to the lime colored, Lineout jack. If you ever need to
hear the messages, whether you are using the onboard sound, or
are using a separate sound card like an Audigy, the voice messages
will continue to be on the Lineout jack on the motherboard. The
processor doesn't make the voices, and in fact, the Voice chip
works without any CPU, memory, video card, or disk installed.

A poster in this group tells me that Voice POST doesn't even
need the two jumpers on the FP_AUDIO header to be in place,
for Voice POST to come out on the Lineout jack. If you aren't
hearing anything, I would check those two jumpers anyway, in
case Asus isn't consistent in how Voice POST is wired.

The PC speaker is generally tied to yet another chip (possibly
the Super I/O). The chip driving the PC speaker will have a
tone generator with a programmable frequency. Some boards even
have multiple methods to do it, leaving PC speaker drive
an open question as to exactly which chip is being used.

Here is the chip on your board. A method to drive the PC speaker
is on page 5, lower right corner.

http://www.iteusa.com/pc/8712ixCGV02.pdf

HTH,
Paul
Click to expand...

Everything you said is correct. I just assumed that the OP was using
a sound card and didn't have a speaker in the lineout jack.
By onboard sound I was just thinking you had to use the MB
sound connectors to hear it. I didn't mean they had to enable
on board sound in the BIOS. But no one can read my mind yet
and I should have been clearer.

Jim M
 
"JBM" said:
Everything you said is correct. I just assumed that the OP was using
a sound card and didn't have a speaker in the lineout jack.
By onboard sound I was just thinking you had to use the MB
sound connectors to hear it. I didn't mean they had to enable
on board sound in the BIOS. But no one can read my mind yet
and I should have been clearer.

Jim M
Click to expand...

I just love to babble on, so don't take my post as a rebuke :-)
Typing keeps me busy.

Paul
 
Back
Top