On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Mikkel <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What you may have is a header for 4 pins, but only 3 pins on the > motherboard side. (I recall it was 3 pins for a previous message.) ... for s/pdif in, not out. "Out" has 2 pins and 'In' has 3 pins *side by side*, no empty space.. > I am not sure what you have on the video > board side. It is also a good idea to read your motherboard and > video card manuals. I did finally find the polarity for the two pins on the motherboard but it's not much help since I can't find polarity for the video card. > In my case, I have it easy - there is a keyed 3 pin socket on the > motherboard and a keyed 2 pin socket on the video card. As long as > you have a proper cable, it is hard to get it wrong. :) I suppose I have the proper cable because, as I said, there is a small cardboard saying that "The four-holes black header goes to the internal S/PDIF-Out header on the motherboard. I will remove the video card to check if polarity is indicated. Thanks to you and Tim. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines