"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about the
> little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has three
> or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the other end
> could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in the days
> before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the data bus.
> Hasn't been needed in years.
>
Hey Tom -
(I came in late as well)......
I think the cable she's talking about is for 1394 function for the Audigy
card (on the 8400). While I don't have that card and don't see them very
often, I fear she may be hosed as I can't find a diagram for the E520 board
that indicates a dedicated connector for it. ?
I know Dell has put some version of that card in the Dim5100/515X/and
E520's, but I don't know if it is the same configuration.
To the OP: take a hard look at the cable connect on the 8400 motherboard.
You should be able to easily locate one similar on the E520 board if it
exists.
> >I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about the
> > little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has three
> > or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the other end
> > could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in the days
> > before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the data bus.
> > Hasn't been needed in years.
If it helps, the cable I have is white on both ends and each end has
10 holes in it. One end was pluged into the first port on the left of
the Audigy2 card and the other end was plugged in somewhere else on
the 8400 system. I'm trying to figure out where to plug this cable in
on the E520 (if it's still needed of course).
The white 10-pin connector is used to connect a cable from the sound card to
the front panel audio jacks on the Dell.
My XPS410 uses the same cable.
On the 410, If you look at the front of the case just behind the front
jacks, there is a small circuit card with a connector on the edge of the
card facing the outside side of the case. That's where that 10-pin cable
connects.
Look at the manual for the 520 here, and look at the section for the I/O
panel. It shows the connector I'm referring to.
"Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183607548.547804.226400@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>> >I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about the
>> > little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has three
>> > or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the other end
>> > could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in the days
>> > before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the data
>> > bus.
>> > Hasn't been needed in years.
>
> If it helps, the cable I have is white on both ends and each end has
> 10 holes in it. One end was pluged into the first port on the left of
> the Audigy2 card and the other end was plugged in somewhere else on
> the 8400 system. I'm trying to figure out where to plug this cable in
> on the E520 (if it's still needed of course).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy [mailto:muppettracy@hotmail.com]
> Posted At: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:52 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Sound card
> Subject: Re: Sound card
>
> > >I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about
> the
> > > little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has
> three
> > > or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the other
> end
> > > could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in the
> days
> > > before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the
data
> bus.
> > > Hasn't been needed in years.
>
> If it helps, the cable I have is white on both ends and each end has
> 10 holes in it. One end was pluged into the first port on the left of
> the Audigy2 card and the other end was plugged in somewhere else on
> the 8400 system. I'm trying to figure out where to plug this cable in
> on the E520 (if it's still needed of course).
OK, that's an aux input cable. Could have been going to one of two
places. The first is the CD/DVD drive as I described and it is not
needed (wasn't really on the 8400 either, so that's probably not where
it was going).
The second is a connection to a modem, for use with voice features like
a voice mail box. Did your 8400 have a modem? If that was it, then it
isn't needed in your E520, as who uses a modem? If you did use it for
voice mail, you would have noticed it not working by now
Dang I forgot that. There should be a matching cable in the 520
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Drouillard [mailto:timothydrouillard@comcast.net]
> Posted At: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:05 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Sound card
> Subject: Re: Sound card
>
> The white 10-pin connector is used to connect a cable from the sound
> card to
> the front panel audio jacks on the Dell.
>
> My XPS410 uses the same cable.
>
> On the 410, If you look at the front of the case just behind the front
> jacks, there is a small circuit card with a connector on the edge of
> the
> card facing the outside side of the case. That's where that 10-pin
> cable
> connects.
>
> Look at the manual for the 520 here, and look at the section for the
> I/O
> panel. It shows the connector I'm referring to.
>
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...SM_EN/parts.ht
> m#wp1043338
>
> HTH
>
>
> "Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1183607548.547804.226400@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about
> the
> >> > little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has
> three
> >> > or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the
other
> end
> >> > could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in
the
> days
> >> > before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the
> data
> >> > bus.
> >> > Hasn't been needed in years.
> >
> > If it helps, the cable I have is white on both ends and each end has
> > 10 holes in it. One end was pluged into the first port on the left
of
> > the Audigy2 card and the other end was plugged in somewhere else on
> > the 8400 system. I'm trying to figure out where to plug this cable
in
> > on the E520 (if it's still needed of course).
> >
"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Dang I forgot that. There should be a matching cable in the 520
>
The cable for the E520 may not be present unless it was ordered with a sound
card. I may be mistaken, but if there was no sound card ordered for th e520,
there might be a shorting plug installed in the I/O card connector. If so,
I's probably see about transplanting the one from the 8400 to the 520 rather
than try to find the part no for the cable and ordering one from Dell.
Or, .... just don't worry about it if you don't think you'll be needing to
use the front panel ports for the sound card.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Timothy Drouillard [mailto:timothydrouillard@comcast.net]
>> Posted At: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:05 AM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: Sound card
>> Subject: Re: Sound card
>>
>> The white 10-pin connector is used to connect a cable from the sound
>> card to
>> the front panel audio jacks on the Dell.
>>
>> My XPS410 uses the same cable.
>>
>> On the 410, If you look at the front of the case just behind the front
>> jacks, there is a small circuit card with a connector on the edge of
>> the
>> card facing the outside side of the case. That's where that 10-pin
>> cable
>> connects.
>>
>> Look at the manual for the 520 here, and look at the section for the
>> I/O
>> panel. It shows the connector I'm referring to.
>>
>>
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...SM_EN/parts.ht
>> m#wp1043338
>>
>> HTH
>>
>>
>> "Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1183607548.547804.226400@o61g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >I missed the beginning of the thread, but if you're talking about
>> the
>> >> > little cable that plugs into the sound card that is flat and has
>> three
>> >> > or four holes in it, then it is not needed. You'll find the
> other
>> end
>> >> > could plug into your CD/DVD drive, but it was only required in
> the
>> days
>> >> > before PCs were capable of extracting the music/video over the
>> data
>> >> > bus.
>> >> > Hasn't been needed in years.
>> >
>> > If it helps, the cable I have is white on both ends and each end has
>> > 10 holes in it. One end was pluged into the first port on the left
> of
>> > the Audigy2 card and the other end was plugged in somewhere else on
>> > the 8400 system. I'm trying to figure out where to plug this cable
> in
>> > on the E520 (if it's still needed of course).
>> >
>
Judging by the picture, the only place that appears to fit the 10 hole
white cable would be to unplug #5 for the integrated audio and replace
it with the 10 hole white cable connected to the sound card. Is this
correct? Will the jumpers need to be changed or should I leave them as
is?
Yes, that's exactly what I would do. If there's already a cable attached to
#5, unplug it and connect the cable from the sound card to the #5 connector.
I'm not sure what the jumpers are for, but I'd leave them alone.
"Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183648107.408153.249580@q75g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> Ok, I've taken the cable out of the 8400 and found the E520 I/O panel
> diagram at this link.
>
> http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1461564
>
> Judging by the picture, the only place that appears to fit the 10 hole
> white cable would be to unplug #5 for the integrated audio and replace
> it with the 10 hole white cable connected to the sound card. Is this
> correct? Will the jumpers need to be changed or should I leave them as
> is?
>
Tracy wrote:
> Well I went and moved the card WITHOUT installing the cable since I
> didn't know where the cable should go or what it was for. After the
> drivers install it seems to be working. I'll need to test it
> thoroughly though over the next few days.
>
> If anyone can give any insight as to the cable's purpose, I'd REALLY
> appreciate it. I wrote Dell explaining my situation thoroughly on
> moving the audio cards and asking about the cable mystery. Their reply
> was a generic suggestion on how to move video cards so it was obvious
> my message wasn't read very carefully.
>
> Oh well. Hopefully someone here can help.
>
If the 8400 HAS integrated sound at all (it may not have it), after
removing the Audigy2, you would have to enable the integrated sound and
install drivers.
Tracy wrote:
> On Jun 18, 10:13 am, "Geoff" <foooooo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Tracy" <muppettr...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1182178371.170750.120930@n2g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...
>>
>>> I have a soundcard question somewhat related. I have a Dell 8400 with
>>> an Audigy2 sound card. If I get an E520 system with integrated audio
>>> can I switch the Audigy2 to the E520 and then the 8400 to integrated
>>> audio?
>> you should be able to use both
>> (you just select which sound card you want to use in control panel)
>>
>> but don't take my word for it, i don't know the particuler system
>
> Thanks Geoff. Hopefully someone else can confirm if this is doable.
> I'm fairly certain the Audigy2 could be moved from the 8400 to the
> E520. I just don't know how to get the integrated audio working on the
> 8400 once the Audigy2 is removed from the machine.
>
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