Asus G/C S/PDIF question

[johnboy1998]

Hi all

Just recently got my ASUS 9800gt, which I am happy about.

Just one question I got a S/PDIF cable with this card so I connect the cable two pin to the g/c and then I have a four pin which will fit to the connector on my board, however I have a pci sound blaster audigy se that has the four pin connector.

But the connector on the cable has one of the holes filled in, but the s/spdif on my sound card has four pins so wont fit, so do I just forget the cable or try and split the cable as the cable only actually needs two pins?

Or could I reverse the cable and put the two pin to the sound card and the four pin to the g/c? Sorry if this is confusing!

thanks

[johnboy1998]

Been reading up on this but still not sure, does the s/pdif cable actually matter on this graphics cards (dont plan to hook up tv or anything).

1. I could pull my pci sound card and just use onboard sound, then the cable would fit the board.

2. Or just leave the cable as it has a four pin header but only actually uses two and one of the four is filled in so it wont plug to my sound card!

thanks

[johnboy1998]

ok answering my own post as know one else has, sad I know but might help somebody else.

It appears the S/PDIF is only used on G/Cs to send sound and video through HDMI, so if you dont use tv then its not needed.

[wingman99]

Thanks for your help.:beer: