computer building - Bay Speaker Panel Installation

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2014-07
  • JordanD

    I purchased a bay speaker panel that has a molex connector and a sound connector. Do I need to run the sound connector through my tower and somehow out the back into the IO panel? Or is there supposed to be a place on my motherboard for it to connect to? This is a replacement for normal desktop speakers for me to save desk space.

    Edit:

    Is there an adapter for the sound cable to the mother board? If so; what is it called?

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    I am using the asus z87 pro mother board and HAF 922 tower.

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    Thanks

    • Answers
  • Journeyman Geek

    I'd guess it would go through a suitable hole, like a notched expansion slot cover and to a sound output at the back of the PC, just like normal speakers.

    My case has something like this for passing through a USB port

    enter image description here, and I've seen older motherboards with a pair of holes for passthrough. You might also be able to get a slot cover for water cooling with holes already there, or just bend the end that's not bent out of the way to pass through a cable

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    If your cable is too short, just get a 3.5mm extension cable to extend your current audio cable.


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    If it asks you for drivers at the beginning of the installation, that usually means it was a bad burn. Try burning the ISO again at a lower speed.

  • nik

    After you have done basic tests with your BIOS bootup,

    1. Pickup a Ubuntu LiveCD and boot from it -- this will check your CD-ROM and system bootup
    2. Install Ubuntu on a USB drive (something like a 2-4 GB flash drive would do)
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        • this will work if your system can boot from USB (most recent motherboards can)
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  • Slink84

    You can check if it is detected in BIOS. Usually, if it's there, then it's working. Just press delete several times while your PC boots up to go to the BIOS screen. It depends on the version, but your drive list should be somewhere in the "Standard CMOS Features" or something alike (usually, the first option in the list).

    And as far as I know, raptors are quite silent. So it should be OK :]