Question About SPDIF ports

[SeasideTyson]

Ok,

i have a mobo with a SPDIF header. i have a reciever with SPDIF in. what i need is a SPDIF port (optical or coaxial) that connects to the header pins on my mobo, and allows me to then run a cable. ive loked, but cant seem to find any.

what i have in mind is alot like the gameport PCI panels htat come with sound cards. just the port, with the conn. on the end to slide onto the header pins on the mobo.


Any help would be greatly appriceated.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Well, I mentioned contacting ECS in the other thread, but I looked around a little.

I couldn't find any adapter on ECS's site, but Asus makes some SPDIF adapters.

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/mb_accessories.htm#spdif

The pin out on your board is

1 SPDIF digital output
2 5V analog power
3 No Pin
4 Ground

I'm not sure what the pin setup on the ASUS adapter is, but it might work or it might just require you moving some contacts around.

If you don't want to waste a lot of time and effort on this though, you can get a nice soundcard for SPDIF output for around $25 shipped.

I'm not sure how much an adapter would cost and how much of a hassle it would be to get everything set up to work correctly.

 

[SeasideTyson]

ill look into that. thanks for the help. anandtech junkies are the best!

 

[EatSpam]

I once made my own ghetto coax SPDIF out.

I went to Radio Shack and bought a solderless RCA connector. Then I took a LED with connector from an old case and cut off the LED I wired the colored wire to the pin and the white wire to the outside. Then I connected the connector onto the two motherboard pins and plugged the RCA connector into the receiver. Worked fine.

The pin on the RCA cable should correspond to the + pin on the SPDIF header.