Hardware Installation
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This file shows you two hardware installation phases of the sound card:
installing the card and connecting audio devices.
Before You Start to install the sound card into your PC, make sure that
the Windows 95/NT/3.1 or OS/2 operating system has been installed on your
system.
Installing the Card
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To Install the 3D Sound Card (with CS4235 audio chip):
1. Power off your PC and all the devices that are connected to it.
2. Remove the PC's casing. Insert the sound card into the expansion slot.
3. Connect the speakers to Audio Out jack J2 on the sound card.
Note: Do not put your computer case back on until you install the bundled
Audio Utilities CD and pass the audio function test.
Connecting Audio Devices
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You can connect one or more external audio devices to the four connectors
on the metal bracket of the sound card. The wavetable connector and the
IDE CD-ROM connector may not applicable for your sound card.
Normally, the Audio Out jack (J2) must have a device connected to it to
produce audio output from the sound card. All other connectors are optional.
1. AUDIO OUT (J2) jack provides either 2 watt amplification (Speaker-Out) or
a non-amplified (Line-Out) audio output.
Speaker-Out (default): Providing audio amplification, connect the speakers
or head-phones to the J2 Audio Out jack. The jumper caps on JP1 short pin
2-3 and 5-6 by default.
Line-Out: Providing non-amplified audio output for an external amplifier,
move the jumper caps on JP1 to short pin 1-2 and 4-5, and then connect the
external amplifier to the J2 Audio Out jack. Then, connect your speakers or
headphone to the audio out of the external amplifier.
2. LINE IN (J3): Connect this jack to an audio device to direct the device's
audio output through the sound card. Examples of such a device: Walkman,
CD player.
3. MIC IN (J4): Connect a condenser microphone with a resistence < 2K ohms.
This input signal can then be used for Internet talking , or recording and
/or mixed with other sound output for future applications.
4. Game/MIDI (J5): Attach PC joysticks or a standard musical instrumet
digital interface (MIDI) device to this connector. This connector is the
same as that on a standard PC game control adapter.
This connector is also compatible with the MPU-401 UART mode and thus
can be used for a MIDI device connection. For a MIDI device connection,
e.g., a MIDI keyboard connection, you need a MIDI kit. The MIDI kit
contains a MIDI adapter cable with a joysti
Note: If your PC has a built-in game port or a game card installed, either
disable it or remove it and use the game port on the sound card.
Disabling the game port does not affect its use as a MIDI port.
5. Audio CD-in (J10/J11): Connect the audio cable (provided by your CD-ROM
drive) from your CD-ROM drive's audio out to this jack. Depending upon the
connector type of your audio cable, L means left channel, R means right
channel, and G means Ground.
6. Modem voice in (J13): Connect this connector with your modem's internal
voice/mic out connector through cable. Then the modem's voice and its audio
output will go through sound card.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.