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Skriven 2006-12-18 19:54:00 av JEAN PARROT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JIM HOLSONBACK
Ärende: Mic & phones.
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    Hello Jim, nice talking to you !  

        Joyeux No‰l to you too.

 JH> Since Skype is a telephone via internet thing, I assume you have a
 JH> headset which has two cable connectors - one for earphones and one for
 JH> microphone.

        Darn good assumption, Jim.

 JH> By "top," I assume you mean the jack nearest the keyboard
 JH> and mouse connectors.  The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-7DX, Rev. 2.2
 JH> which BICT was made exclusively for MicronPC, and you have since
 JH> reflashed the BIOS, with the BIOS code from Gigabyte for another board
 JH> revision.

        Amazing, we are in total agreement.  Tee ! hee !

 JH> There are only three jacks for sound on the back of the board.  Top to
 JH> bottom, they are - -
 JH> Green- Line Out - for connecting earphones or external amplified
 JH> speakers
 JH> Blue- Line In - for connecting external output from cassette player,
 JH> CD player, audio from VCR or etc.
 JH> Pink- Microphone In - for connecting an external microphone.

        Indeed these are so coloured and setup. After reading this
    note of yours, I pulled the case forward and connected the headset
    as: sound-top then bottom-mic and it all worked. I was able to
    phone my Bro in Quebec City all 5 x 5. I did not succeed before as
    I was trying to keep the stereo speakers connected on the top
    Green input.

 JH> This is a different order from the audio jacks on my new "Christmas
 JH> present" 'pooter, which has the green in the middle, next to the pink.

        I did not know the colour coding and my putor room is still a
   mess after all the redoing. I could not locate the pamphlet that
   you also sent me on this Gigabyte MoBo. So, I asked.

 JH> Also unlike my new 'pooter, there is no separate jack on the GA-7DX
 JH> mobo for earphones. The only jack on the GA-7DX with Audio Out is the
 JH> green jack, and that is where the earphones of your headset should
 JH> connect.

        So, I only have one destination for audio, either the headset
   or the speakers never both at the same time. I cn live with this.

 JH> There is some talk in the manual from the Gigabyte website, about a
 JH> "Creative CT5880 Sound Option" (pp 32-35), which describes using
 JH> "4-speaker sound."  Under this option, the Blue jack turns into an
 JH> output to a second set of speakers.

        Yes, I dimly rememeber reading some lines on this in the a/n
   pamphlet but I was not interested and anyway, it would not help me
   get the two outputs.

 JH> As far as special drivers, there may be one which is required for
 JH> Skype, but the onboard AC97 sound should work just fine with your
 JH> headset's earphones and mike.

        Now you know that it worked fine. There is no driver required
   for Skype, the setup D/L PRG does it all. This had been quite
   improved lately, no more feedback and no more lag in chatting.

 JH> For some test/troubleshooting, I'd
 JH> recommend disconnecting your external speakers, attaching your headset
 JH> to the green and pink jacks - - then, in Control Panel, under "Sounds
 JH> and Audio Devices," check settings for the microphone under "Voice
 JH> Recording" and then do some tests with using the "Test Hardware" button
 JH> to make sure both the earphones and mike are working (this based on
 JH> WinXP Home). Since you think something may be wrong, I'd say try this
 JH> before more experimenting with Skype.

        I did not have to test this, I tried Skype and all was fine
   but to just ease my curiousity I went as instructed and did it, the
   test was a confirmation of the setup.

 JH> If you want to leave your speakers connected while using Skype, you
 JH> may be able to do this by trying a stereo audio "splitter" (Y) cable. 
 JH> This may work, or may cause some impedance mismatch problems.

        This Y is an option that I will consider. I do not know if the
   cable would be available in store but this willy old Ham can sure
   build one.

 JH> Good luck, and please let us know how your testing turns out.

        No luck needed with these fine instructions. And for sure, I
   would feedback to you as per usual. This reminds me... I wonder if
   there is a "better" AMD that would fit this socket 10 ??? Like a 3
   GHz one ? Or is this the top one for this MoBo and socket ? I
   really do not want this if only for the fun ot if.
     
       
   Ho ! ho ! ho !
      Season's Greetings to all.
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