Step 3: Install the Joystick/MIDI bracket

1.If you are installing a joystick or MIDI device (optional), secure the Joystick/MIDI bracket* to the slot next to the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card with the second screw.

You may also connect all the cables to the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card first before securing the card and Joystick/ MIDI bracket in place.

*Available with some models of the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card.

Do not force any cable into a connector. This can cause permanent damage to your hardware.

Joystick/MIDI bracket

Joystick/MIDI cable

Figure 1-5: Securing the audio card to the expansion slot.

2.Connect the Joystick/MIDI cable* to the Joystick/MIDI connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 card as shown in Figure 1-5.

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