What are the sound leads for from the back of a DVD drive?

PeterT · 4 May 2007 at 20:14

Hi, I have just picked up an oem Audigy 4 card and noticed that there is no socket for CD in lead as on all of the other Creative cards that I have owned. I tried running an Audigy 2 installed in another comp without the sound lead from the DVD drive and it plays the music just fine.
I have always run a lead from the DVD to the sound card, have I been wasting my time for all of these years?
What is the lead for............??

Cheers, PeterT

ShiWarrior · 4 May 2007 at 23:08

no u havent been wasting time

in the earlier days, you needed a sound cable from the CD Drive to the sound card

now adays it all goes down the IDE cable :-)

PeterT · 5 May 2007 at 06:29

ShiWarrior, thanks very much for clearing this up. Am I correct in thinking that there is no need for the sound lead at all?
Cheers, PeterT

FrankJH · 5 May 2007 at 08:31

no need at all for the sound cable

Xon · 7 May 2007 at 08:37

Do remember though that some players (inc WMP) still have the option to play the sound from the analogue out of the drive and therefore make sure the option isnt on