Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM

Shyam · 26 Apr 2010 at 15:41

jus recieved this sound card and its my 1st time actually installing one. just wondering what the 2 ports on the top[ right of the actual sound card were -

1st port - aux in
2nd port - 8 pin

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM

thanks in advance!

ghutchison14078 · 26 Apr 2010 at 15:45

not 100% but im pretty sure these are for connecting to a front mounted headphone and input adaptor found on certain Dell computers that this card was used in.
As its an OEM product it was probably manufactured to be included in a new Dell but never made it there.

To be honest, they're pretty useless...ignore them!!!

Shyam · 26 Apr 2010 at 15:53

thanks a lot..was over thinking for a bit there!

Marsman · 26 Apr 2010 at 16:01

The white 2nd port is of no use really. It comes from days of old before Creative started putting front case audio headers on their cards. I would imagine that Creative at some point made some kind of front panel that plugs into it. Similar to a Live Drive! maybe, except they used a much larger connector.

The auxiliary connector is used to connect to another device, so it can play audio through the sound card without the need for the device to have it's own sound capabilities. An example would be a TV tuner card.