You might wanna stick a sink on it.i think creative started putting them on coz they was getting hot.If its ok tho' maybe not.My extreme musc has one on it.
Edit-on my case the fp connections have 2,a ac97 one and a hd one.I dont think it matters which one you connect to,it does the same thing.I dont know what the differance is.
it's all in the wiring. Both the AC97 and the Azalia connections are interchangeable, but the Azalia is wired for HD connectability at the FP PCB.
about the HS, if you're talking about the passive sink they put on the APU, all newer revision X-Fi's have a heatsink. The early models had a nasty problem of overheating the capacitors, which lead them to either pop or start leaking. Keeping the APU cool actually helps prevent the capacitors from reaching critical mass.
I'm going to be heading out soon, as I'm planning on picking up some supplies for some mods - I'm going to swap out the LEDs on the board, and I also intend to make an EMI shield/heat spreader for the card. I'm not too worried about the DAC, OPAMPs, mosfets or other chips getting too hot, but I want to try and keep the capacitors as close to the same temp as possible. Because capacitor operation is directly affected by how hot they are, you'll have more consistent audio quality if you can keep them as close to the same temp as possible.
btarunr said:
tigger, can you work out a similar chart for making use of a Intel HDA front-panel header to be put to use with a AC'97 connectors? I have an antique CM Centurion (2005) that comes with AC'97 front-panel.
this is from a post here at TPU I made months ago - I think this pin setup will work for the Azalia connections:
Here's the AC97/Azalia pinout, taken from Intel.com:
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
1 Mic_In - Front panel microphone input signal (biased when supporting stereo microphone)
2 Aud_GND - Ground used by analog
3 Mic_Bias - Microphone power / additional MIC input for stereo microphone support
4 Aud_GND - Ground used by analog audio circuits
5 FP_Out_R - Right channel audio signal to front panel (headphone drive capable)
6 FP_Return_R - Right channel audio signal return from front panel (when headphones unplugged)
7 AUD_5V - Filtered +5 V used by analog audio circuits
8 Key - No pin
9 FP_Out_L - Left channel audio signal to front panel (headphone drive capable)
10 FR_Return_L - Left channel audio signal return from front panel (when headphones unplugged)
and here's Creative's I/O drive pinout for Audigy/X-Fi (as best I've been able to research online):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Analog ground
2 - Left out
3 - Audio backpanel mute (grounded with headphone jack plugged in - I think this is Left Return)
4 - Right out
5 - same as pin 3 (I think this is Right return)
6 - Mic In from front panel
7 - no pin
8 - VREF Mic out (voltage reference for mic)
9 - Mic In mute (ground when mic isn't plugged in, +12V with mic plugged in)
10 - Audio Detect (ground when headphones plugged in, not normally used)
Soooooo . . . I've figured this crossover from my AC97 connector to the X-Fi (I list the AC97 pin numbers in the X-Fi pinout configuration):
2 9 10 5 6 1 8 3 7 4
I plan on seeing if that will work later today
I should change that pic and re-host it . . .
