New motherboard with fancy audio. Which jack is for plain stereo?

Factual Questions
1

New motherboard with fancy audio. 7.1+2 channel high definition audio that provides ten DAC channels.

All I want is sound for a normal set of $20 desktop computer speakers.
Which jack is for plain stereo?

I can’t believe all this junk. They have Center, Front, Side Surround, and back jacks. :eek:

So which jack is supposed to be used? Does it matter?

It seems like all the motherboards have this fancy audio these days. It’s a major PITA.

I’m trying the front (green) jack. The sound I’m getting has this weird echo/reverb in my speakers.

2

Front/green should be correct. Echo/reverb? Check the sound settings – it’s likely a speaker-ish icon in the system tray (lower right of your screen) – for any fancy effects, SRS settings, blah blah. Disable everything that sounds like marketing.

3

Ok. There’s a special Realtek sound app that got installed with the driver. Maybe something in it is set wrong. I’ll try disabling what I can.

So I can ignore the other jacks and only use front/green?

4

Yes. Read the manual if you want to be sure, but that’s almost always the correct port.

5

You’ll probably also want to set the audio to two speakers. I think even the default driver from Windows has that option. And, yes, green is the usually the standard color, and front is usually the ones you use.

6

I found the 2 speaker setting in windows. Got it set.

The mb manual was little help. It just shows the jack panel with very little explanation.

thanks again. :wink:

7

I Got curious and google’d 7.1 speaker sets. They include 8 pieces. :eek:

This cnet article has a diagram of how to set it up. Heck you can’t hardly move or stretch without knocking one over. :dubious:

I can imagine my bosses reaction to something like that in my office. :smiley: You’d never get any real work done.

I’ll stick with stereo.

8

You probably want to stick with the green socket at the back. That way you can use the front pair for a headset for voice comms.