You don't say what your motherboard is but i suspect that you need to add two
jumpers to the audio connector to get the rear audio to work without the
front panel audio connected to the motherbaord. Check your motherboard manual.
--
Paul


"Micheal M" wrote:
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> Hi. The sound on my pc does not work correctly. I recently built this machine
> and it has been working great. I built it in my old compaq computer's case,
> using the built in front audio ports and card readers. However, I finally
> bought a new case and it does not have front audio ports. (I didn't use them
> much and didn't care if I lost them.) But now no sound comes out of the
> speakers because there are no front audio ports plugged into the motherboard.
> I know this because I took ports from another computer and plugged them into
> the correct spot inside. Once done, sound came out of the speakers pulgged
> into the back and if I put them into the new port it came out of there as
> well. But I need to know why this is happening. I don't want to have audio
> ports wasted inside the computer just so the back ports work. Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> I don't know if this would matter, but I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate x64.[/color]