I need Assistance with SB Live card....

[Zuzzz]

I need to find a diagram of the pinouts on the back edge of the card. I suspect the lower 10 pins are realted to either a built in USB or they could be used for front panel headphones and microphones. Anyone have any info please help.

THX
Z


PS: the website doesnt have it in the PDF

[four4875]

you cant run front panel connections on these cards :-(

im pretty sure its just all digital data for the front panel thinger.

[Zuzzz]

I did FINALLY find the pinouts for it. As you said its a propietary plug that is keyed. I its not 2 seperate headers as I thought. Thank you kindly. IF anyone cares Here is the pinout for it.

Pin-Outs
Pin Name Description
1 VCC +5V power supply
2 VCC +5V power supply
3 GND Ground
4 AC97CLK 24.5 MHz clock output
5 GND Ground
6 GP_SPDIFIN#2 SPDIF input signal
7 GND Ground
8 GND Ground
9 SPDIFO#3 SPDIF out Signal
10 GPO1 General Purpose Output #1
11 GPO2 General Purpose Output #2
12 GND Ground
13 GPO0 General Purpose Output #0
14 GND Ground
15 GP_ SPDIFIN1 SPDIF Input signal
16 GND Ground
17 GPDIFO#0 SPDIF Out signal
18 GND Ground
19 SPDIFO#1 SPDIF Out signal
20 GND Ground
21 GND Ground
22 SPDIFO SPDIF Out signal
23 GPI0 Digital Input (GP Input 0; Reserved)
24 GPI1 Digital Input (GP Input 1; Reserved)
25 OUTMIDI MIDI Output
26 GND Ground
27 INMIDI MIDI Input
28 GND Ground
29 KEY no pin
30 KEY no pin
31 ADCSDO2 I2S audio data input
32 GND Ground
33 ADCSDO1 I2S audio data input.
34 GND Ground
35 ADCSDO0 I2S audio data input
36 GND Ground
37 I2SCLK I2S serial bit clock
38 GND Ground
39 I2SFS Frame sync.
40 GND Ground

THNX

Z

[Krome]

you cant run front panel connections on these cards :-(


I wanted to do that too. =[

[Zuzzz]

Perhaps it might be an idea (And I may decide to work on this myself). What about listing a few(or more) of the mainstream sound cards and some of the header pinout information as a sticky? I cant belive I AM(EDIT: one of a few) the only one to want to know this information. IS there a thread about this??

Z

[Bhugarov]

I wanted to do the same thing with my SB Live 5.1.
I started using the onboard AC97 sound when I broke my shoulder because it was such a PitA to switch from speakers to headset, now I'm just spoiled/lazy.I also like the idea of not having all those Creative drivers and craplets on my machine. The problem is I don't think that AC97 is Full Duplex because I can't get voice comm programs to work ...no mic:mad:
What I think I will do is: use the SB Live and run the jacks from the card thru to the front female jacks and hardwire (solder) them. Not as elegant but it will give me front panel access to the SB without crawling around in back. Like a poorman's breakout box.