Connecting Front Panel Audio to Sound Card

Andrewawright

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I have a front audio panel and a CMI 8738-6ch sound card.

The front audio does not work and has a wire coming directly from the back of it with this plug on the end of it...
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There are 4 wires going into this plug.

On the sound card I have a 4 pin connector which, by trying with the computer turned off, I know fits this plug.
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Despite them fitting together, this being the only wire coming from the front audio panel and plug being on the sound card we all know that naivety often makes 2+2 = 5 and so I was hoping some could offer guidance before I plug something in wrong.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Intel i3
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Gigabyte H55-UD2H
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Patriot Signature 1333mhz 2 x 2GB
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PowerColour RADEON HD5450 1GB DDR3
Sound Card
C-Media 8738
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Currently using LG 37'' TV
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I am not intimately familiar with that card, though normally, yes, that would be the correct connection.
 

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Intel i7 2600k
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Asrock z68 extreme 4 gen 3
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G.skill Ripjaw 16gigs @ 1866
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Nvidia gtx580 (evga)
Sound Card
Integrated HD audio + hdmi
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Thanks for the quick response.

Under normal circumstances, is there any adverse effects to connecting the wrong way round or will it simply not work?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i3
Motherboard
Gigabyte H55-UD2H
Memory
Patriot Signature 1333mhz 2 x 2GB
Graphics Card(s)
PowerColour RADEON HD5450 1GB DDR3
Sound Card
C-Media 8738
Monitor(s) Displays
Currently using LG 37'' TV
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB PATA Primary
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 250GB SATA
Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA
Case
Stock Compaq Presario
Cooling
Stock
Keyboard
PC Line Wireless
Mouse
PC Line Wireless
It should simply not work if connected wrong.

It may be that the pins on the connector are wired differently than the pins on the card. In which case, you may have to rewire the connector.
 

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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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I'll give it a go tomorrow then and let you know how it goes. Thanks for your help.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i3
Motherboard
Gigabyte H55-UD2H
Memory
Patriot Signature 1333mhz 2 x 2GB
Graphics Card(s)
PowerColour RADEON HD5450 1GB DDR3
Sound Card
C-Media 8738
Monitor(s) Displays
Currently using LG 37'' TV
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB PATA Primary
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 250GB SATA
Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA
Case
Stock Compaq Presario
Cooling
Stock
Keyboard
PC Line Wireless
Mouse
PC Line Wireless
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