damn - the email alert system here at TPU hasn't been sending me any messages of new posts to this thread . . .
well... win them all. the only reason why I moved to vista was:
#1 - to get with the times, more & more friends had issues with new systems running vista & at the time i wouldnt touch Vista as far as i could through the disc (which is quite far as I came 2nd/3rd for my schools shotput/discus throwing on sports day)
#2 the sexy black 'Aero' layout which stole my heart..... which is the main reason. I dont care too much about DX-10 for games as none of the games i play make use of it.
vista is a headache in itself but im am quite happy with it.
yeah - but, I'm 50-50 on Vista, ATM.
it's not too bad to use once you get used to where the put everything . . . but I swear, audio in-game sounds DRASTICALLY different than with XP, even with ALchemy enabled, OpenAL up-to-date and all that good mess . . . also can't figure out why the audio volume levels are about 15% louder in Vista than in XP . . . perhaps it's something with the drivers . . .
Got a question for you guys.... I have a thermaltake m9 case sitting next to me that has a xfi xtreme music pci-e in it. The front panel audio has Hd and ac97 plug combined can i plug the hd in and have audio on the front jacks without frizzling the X-fi????
if you can follow the instructions in post #1, it shoudl work just fine . . . unless, you happen to have one of the uber-rare XM cards that actually have the AC97 header on it - then just plug the case's front panel connector right in.
AC97 and Azalia are interchangeable . . . Intel was fiarly smart when designing this standard - both use the same grounds, and (+) and (-) feeds, so there's no need to worry about shorting something out . . . unless you have to do the mod, and potentially cross the wrong wires (of note: every case manufacturer uses different colored wires for their connectors, which means I can't give a set standard - you'll need your case's owners manual to verify what wire is for what function) . . . even if you do cross a wire, you'd end up shorting the headphone or mic jack, not the card itself (99% of the time).
the pin-out diagram is available on the front page of the thread, for both the AC97/Azalia pinouts, adn the X-Fi 10-pin proprietary pinout.
hmmm Ive never hear of a short just shorting out the onboard sound. but your lucky i suppose.
it can happen, but to the best of my knowledge, 99% of the time you'd short the output jacks on the case . . . even still, they shoudl function correctly once you change the wires again . . . it takes A LOT more voltage than what the card's header puts out to actually damage the jack.
Basically i just connect the proper azalia pins from 1 to 10 to get the front panel audio working ?
basically - make sure to follow your case owner's manual closely as to what wire is for what function . . . not all manufacturer's label the wires the same way, nor use the same colors (but, the AC97/Azalia pinouts are universal - meaning that if you have the Intel pinout diagram, you know for sure which wire is what).
the post above just got this thread to 1000 posts!
congrats guys.
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thanks, man!
and still we have this thread has the second highest number of views amoungst the other TPU club threads . . . I hope this thread has definitely proven beneficial and helpful to others out there!
I guess it depends on which way you are looking @ the plug as well! Talk about confusing
Finally searching through Creative Website I found this: Hope it helps someone out as well... I am going to have a closer look at this later and if it all looks well I'll plug it in and see if it works.
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Craigleberry/x-fi.jpg
it's not too confusing, even if you're looking at the connector from a different angle - use the "key" slot for reference (pin-7 . . . no wire).
