Front Audio Panel Connectors

[GazzaMataz]

I just installed a new mobo in my computer and everthing is working fine except I cannot figure out the wiring for the front microphone and headphone jacks.

The board is an ASrock 4Core Dual-VSTA using a 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) thingy.

The wires from my case are:

GROUND
MIC_POWER
MIC_IN

GROUND
L_OUT
R_OUT
R_RET
L_RET

In the manual they are labeled differently and I only have one ground:

GND
PRESENCE#
MIC_RET
OUT_RET
MIC2_L
MIC2_R
OUT2_R
J_SENSE
OUT2_L

I am confused since it mentions AC97 settings too and the board as a RealTek sound setup. Anyone got any ideas or care to enlighten me?

 

[GazzaMataz]

I think I have answered my question, but to be sure I thought I would show you all the picture I found - I hope it is correct! Apparently if I plug anything into the +5VA it could cause damage

Front Audio Connectors

 

[Ace T]

Can anyone expand on this as I have a similar problem. I have recently rebuilt to Windows 7 and now my headphone socket is not working. My front panel audio connectors are exactly the same as above but my Asus P5K-E mobo is setup as above aswell with 1 pin missing in one of the rows.

I have tried changing HD Audio in the BIOS to AC97 but this made no difference and when I open Control Panel - Sound then it does not show the headphones plugged in.

Couldn't open up the GIF image link above as I think its been removed. Please help !!

 

[Bungleflare]

I don't know if this helps.. my Gigabyte board manual states that in AC'97 mode, you can only have the audio output on either the rear or front audio connections, not both.
Whilst the same restriction does not apply to HD audio, you can only have output on the front and rear speakers simultaneoulsy if the front panel supports the "Intel HD Audio Standard".
Does your front panel support this standard?
I suspect that resolution is more likely to be found in the audio control panel than the wiring. Happy to be proved wrong.