Hardware Installation

Audio

The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function.

Table 4.

Front Audio Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Edge

 

Connector

Pin

Signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

PORT1_L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front Audio Connector

2

AUD_GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

9

3

PORT1_R

 

 

8

 

7

4

PRECENCE_J

 

 

6

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

5

PORT2_R

 

 

4

 

3

 

 

 

6

SENSE1_RETURN

 

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

SENSE_SEND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Empty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

PORT2_L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

SENSE2_RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPK Header

The speaker header is connects to the case’s speaker for PC beeps.

Table 5. CSPK Header Pins

Connector

Pin

 

 

Signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker Header

1

 

 

VCC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Empty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3 4

 

3

 

 

GND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker Header

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EVGA 730I manual Audio, SPK Header

730I specifications

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