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Originally Posted by cyrnel
Could be a player/codec issue. Do store-bought (non mp3) music CD's play?
You don't need the cd audio cable. It's mostly vestigial unless your equipment is ancient. I wouldn't expect you'd find a box that needed it less than 5-7yrs old. Just open device manager and check properties for your DVD drive. Make sure "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device" is checked.
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I thught that was the case. I don't get why it's on mobos and CD drives still, then - but that explains why I can listen to CDs without that dumb cable.
My only true question is - is it required for the "plug the headphones directly into the CD player" gimmick? Initially I always thought that is what the sole purpose of it was, but I really can't say.
It is nice for other peripherals though ....... kinda. My tuner card had the CD-IN jack on it so I could hook it into the CD-IN on the mobo..... i'm not sure why it couldn't have just gone thru the PCI slot and out the audio jacks, but whatever.......