Usb - jack help

Leeroy123 · 20 Aug 2011 at 21:55

Hi guys, right ive just spent all day finding a fault with my mates motherboard but now we need some advice.

Ok the problem was, whilst fitting his graphics card he scratched the audio lane in 2 places right over it and it was quite deep. So whilst pc was on it was causing random lock ups. All the hardware has been properly tested and everything passed. So we knew that was the problem. Now after messing about all day finally i decided it was time to disable his onboard sound so it didnt use that and add a soundcard. So i had a 7.1 soundcard ( non usb ) i put that in, turn his onboard off and its fixed the freezing.

Now the problem he will have is, he only has a G35 headset which is USB. And on the soundcard theres is only jacks. Now it was fine for me as my headset isnt usb. I was wondering is there some kind of adaptor to plug the usb headset in and then the jacks into the card? or will he be best to buy a usb soundcard / jack headset.

Thanks for advice guys

freddie64 · 21 Aug 2011 at 06:19

Don't the G35 headsets have a built in sound card, so just plug them into a usb socket and they should just work.

Leeroy123 · 21 Aug 2011 at 06:54

Do they? so even with onboard sound disabled that will work??

freddie64 · 21 Aug 2011 at 08:14

Never tried any usb headphones, just thought that's how they worked.

Just plug them in and see what happens.

Leeroy123 · 21 Aug 2011 at 12:32

I will do later when he brings his headset up mate, i thought it would still have to use the onboard audio and its disabled, then my thinking was they wouldnt work.
You could well be right , never had to mess with headsets much really in the past. Ill let you know if that fixed his problem, as he is on the verge of buying a new motherboard.

freddie64 · 23 Aug 2011 at 19:04

How did you get on, did they work?