Thanks Paul. That actually was exactly what was wrong. I forgot to add
jumpers to pins 5/6 and 9/10. I

"PaulB" wrote:
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> 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
>
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> "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][/color]