No Sound from CD-ROM when Music CD Inserted

[thenoo]

Before I installed my new m/b , ( an Azus K8V SE Deluxe ) , I could play music CD's on the CD-ROM drive . This was with the old m/b which had no on-board sound but had a sound card installed.

The Asus board has an on-board sound chip and no sound card. All other sound outputs are working OK.

I seem to remember that the previous set-up had a connecting lead between the sound card and the CD-ROM drive which I now do not have .

Could this be the reason for the lack of output from the MUSIC CD ?

If it is - do I have to have such a connection between the CD-ROM drive and the m/b somewhere using such a lead in order to get the drive to play music ?

Does such a lead connect somewhere on the m/b in such cases where the m/b has on-board sound ?

 

[ski]

You should be able to connect your CD-ROM drive's audio output cable to a black 4-pin connector in the lower left corner of the MB labeled 'CD'.
(NOTE: There's also a white 4-pin connector in the same location that's labeled 'AUX'.)

 

[thenoo]

Thank you - I'll try that

 

[TomCologne]

Try this first because it's easier:

Device Mgr>DVD/CD_ROM drives>Properties:

Check the Enable Digital Audio box


TomCologne

 

[dakota81]

I don't think any Windows XP program still uses that cd audio cable. The Windows 98 "cd player" program needs that cable, but I can't imagine any newer software using it.

I'd double-click the audio button in the taskbar and check to see that cd audio is not muted.

 

[cdogg]

Either suggestion will work for you. Tom's is more efficient since the data from CDROM to soundcard will stay digital the whole way through, making less work for either device. Using an analog connection creates an extra conversion that the soundcard has to go through (analog-to-digital back to analog to the speakers).

The only tradeoff to using this option though, is more stress on the CPU. However, that was only a real issue back in the days of the first Pentiums.


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