I know this is a technical subject, but as it's not AGS related and I don't know any other site for this, I thought I'd ask it here.
I have this motherboard http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=m7vit and I have places for USB 2.0, microphone and headset in the front panel. I also have the wires(connectors), but the problem is, I cannot connect them. The thing is, my connectors are name
mic1
mic2
spk-L
spk-R
gnd
rin
lin
Now I know that I have 9 pins to connect them. The manual says to connect them this wai
pin1 - mic inÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, pin2 - ground
pin3 - mic powerÃ, Ã, pin4 - audio power
pin5 - RT line outÃ, Ã, pin6 - RT line out
pin7 - reserved
pin9 - LFT line outÃ, Ã, pin10 - LFT line out
And there is no diagram saying which connector is which. Now I got them correct apart from the microphone connectors, or at least I think, I put them like this:
pin1 - mic1Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, pin2 - gnd
pin3 - mic2Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, pin4 - N/A
pin5 - spk-RÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, pin6 - rin
pin7 - N/A
pin9 - spk-LÃ, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, Ã, pin10 - lin
Now I'm not at all sure about this, but the headset seems to be working. Two things, pin 4 was for audio power. There was no such connector in my wireset so I left t empty. Then mic1 and mic2. Which one of them is mic in and which one is mic power. I tried them, mic1 for 1 and mic2 for 3, it did nothing, and I tried them the other way around and it still did nothing.
Then another problem, the USB connectors. There are two connectors, one with the letter G in it indicating 'ground' and the other one has 3 wires in it. the three are USB + 5V, USB-, USB+... the problem is, that is doesn't say which is which. I know that the middle one must be USB- according to the manual but then there are these two wires, red and green, the red one has an arrow init. it first appeared the green one would be USB + 5V, but then I realized that if I turned it 180degrees, the green one would make USB+.
I'm so confused now with this, I would hope one of you had a mobo of the same series or the same one, or at least something similar that would help me with this. I tried every source I could google but found no answer. Thanks.
SPK-R means Submerged Party Kiss (Right), and should be connected to SPK-L (Submerged Party Kiss (Left)) for the maximum underwater fun.
MIC1 is Messy Injection Camp 1, and this should be spaced as far away as possible from Messy Injection Camp 2, to be sure that the system doesn't sustain too much pain within a short period, and also to maximise the lasting effects of the vaccines and/or poisons given in the process.
RIN is the Rather Inconvenient Noises setting, you should avoid connecting this pin unless you enjoy being woken several times during the night. On the other hand, LIN is the Less Inconvenient Noise channel and will enable you to hear tracks from artists such as S Club 7 and Chesney Hawkes, and it's highly recommended that you connect this to the GND pin (Good Noise Detector), which will amplify and enhance any suitably cheesy pop tunes played through it.
And this is why we don't let CJ near teh technology...
Sorry, that was a bit flippant ... let me try and be more helpful.
If you have these pins:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/pins.gif)
And you have these wires:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/wires.gif)
Then you need to connect them like this:
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/pinswires.gif)
Hope that helps.
Tuomas:
I would suggest putting mic2 on pin2, and ignoring the gnd wire. Sounds odd, but should work.
As far as your USB goes, I'm assuming that you have only one port on the front of your case. If so, the red wire should be your 5v. If you have two ports, you're missing some wires.
btw. I downloaded the latest copy of and that mobo manual is crap. No wonder you're having issues.
Aside to CJ: We have guys working at our helpdesk that are nearly as helpful :P
Tuomas, you have RIN and LIN wires coming from the front panel, but no sockets to connect them to. You do seem to have FOUR line-out sockets and only TWO line out wires, tho.
My guess, ands that exactly what it is, is that two of those Line Out sockets are mislabeled and that they are actually the elusive Line In sockets.
I think...
EDIT: Wait! No, I might be wrong...
RIN = Right return, LIN = Left return. Leave them as they lie.
Before you got on this conquest, were the 5/6 & 9/10 pin pairs jumpered? (This has nothing to do with the mic thing, I recon, but just for clarity.)
And mic should be mic1 to mic in, mic2 to mic power, I think. Checked the software side is OK?
I just woke up to this quiet noise and I wondered, what the devil is this. THen after searching for a while I found out it was coming from my headphones, they were playing bloody S club 7.
To be serious, I'm going to go to my school cafeteria toÃ, eat some free food that my dad pays in the form of taxes and to buy the new Flower Kings album, but after that I shall try out what you people have suggested. Thanks for helping even if it doesn't work and Seleceus, special thanks for the USB thing. I'll let you people know if I get it working when I come back!
EDIT: I tried the connections Seleceus suggested, changing the mic2 to pin 2 and keeping mic1 in pin1, while ignoring the ground connector. The mic has completely disappeared. I even accidentaly tried the mic1 & 1 the other way around, which didn't do any good. I used to be able to use the mic from the back panel, so it can't be the settings that are wrong. I tried both, and only with skype test call I could hear something, no voice, but some sssshhhshshss, voice while using the front panel socket.
Ish, yes the jumpers were on correctly. and I left lin and rin ar the were.
At the moment I'm completely lost with this.
Yet another edit: So I was searching for the name of my case and found out it was called micro-one 168G which only exists in this web store that doesn't have it anymore, so basically no point googling it. everything has to be so easy, doesn't it?
Might be a software issue. When I had some nVidia mixer proggy it had an "input" bit where I could choose from a load of different types of jacks for the input, and among them were "Microphone" and "Microphone2", and supposedly "Microphone2" was the front panel connected mic. Now I have some other software, which doesn't need any fiddling like that. With the NVMixer thing the microphone settings had "Use alternate microphone" or such as a tickbox, in addition to the usual mic boost one. Checked that?