Sound cards and headphones/speakers

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Jay83, Sep 5, 2006.

  1. Jay83

    Jay83 Private E-2

    I have a SB Live 7.1 24-Bit soundcard, and I'm trying to set it up in a way that I can have a set of gaming headphones with mic and a set of external speakers both working.

    Before I got this soundcard, I was using an onboard sound card from the motherboard. My pc case also has 2 ports on the front for speakers and a mic. So I had my external speakers hooked up at the back, and my gaming headphones plugged in the front. Here I can choose to have both speakers and headphone on at the same time.

    Now that the new soundcard is in place, I can hook up the external speakers at the back, but the ports on the front of my case no longer work. And the only way I can use the headphones is to unplug the speakers. I reeeally don't want to do this everytime I need to switch from speakers to headphones...any help would be great, thanks
     
  2. hugh750

    hugh750 MajorGeek

    The only suggestion i have is to buy speakers that have both mike and headphone jacks.
    The speakers i have came with my gateway computer there made by boston acoustics and the model # is BA745 i don't know if there still made but you might want to check on the web and see if anyone has them for sale and if so buy them, there powered speakers and they have mike and headphone jacks on the right speaker (Plus the sound quality is good).
     
  3. Jay83

    Jay83 Private E-2

    Yeah I may have to resort to getting a set of speakers with both jacks.

    The wires that go from the 2 ports on the front of the case connect somewhere on the motherboard. I was wondering if these connectors can be used on the sound card somehow.
     
  4. prankz

    prankz Specialist

    or why dont u just buy a spiltter??
     

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