Sound card

You will not usually hear a difference in playback. There may be a more
significance in making analog sound recordings, if you do that.


Tracy wrote:
> Thanks for the help everyone. I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> I am basing this switchover on the fact that I'm assuming the Audigy2
> card in my 8400 is better than the sound quality I'd get from the
> integrated audio on my new E520. Would this assumption be correct?
>

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>


It does. She might not have to, and XP should have the drivers. Pretty
mainstream stuff on that board by now.

Yes, the 10-conductor cable from the sound card should plug into connector
#5. That's the way it is on my XPS410. I'd just un-plug the cable that's
already connected to #5 and plug in the cable from the sound card.

"Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>

He's talking about the cable that goes from the white 10-pin connector
that's on the sound card (along the top edge of the card near the rear
mounting bracket) to the I/O panel at the front of the case which in turn
feeds the front case jacks.

No need to use the cable at all if you don't need the use of the jacks on
the front of the case.

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> WHAT CABLE?
>
>
> 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.
>>

Ok, now I have a big problem.

I was hooking up the sound card cable to the I/O panel and noticed the
I/O panel was a little loose. I un******* it the wrong way and the I/O
panel became totally loose. No problem, just screw it back I thought.

After I ******* it back I now have two problems...

1. The connections (especially for sound) are loose. When I plug in a
cable I can feel the card moving back and forth from inside.

2. The computer is not turning on at all. It appears that because the
I/O panel isn't aligned properly that the system now can't even be
booted.

If anyone can be generous enough to provide some detailed help here
I'd be eternally grateful.

Ok, I just kept on trying and finally the I/O panel snapped in
correctly. All is now good. The system can boot.

The unfortunate news is that the sound cable actually didn't even fit
on the I/O panel. It was a 10-pin white cable coming out of the
Audigy2 but it looks like the I/O panel wanted a cable with 1 row of
10 pins and another row with 9 pins. Oh well. It's not the end of the
world.

"Tracy" <muppettracy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, I just kept on trying and finally the I/O panel snapped in
> correctly. All is now good. The system can boot.
>
> The unfortunate news is that the sound cable actually didn't even fit
> on the I/O panel. It was a 10-pin white cable coming out of the
> Audigy2 but it looks like the I/O panel wanted a cable with 1 row of
> 10 pins and another row with 9 pins. Oh well. It's not the end of the
> world.
>

The power switch is cabled to the front I/O, and then another cable runs
from the I/O to the system board.

A word of advice: you do not want to bend any pins on the I/O board......

Stew