[Sephiroth_VII]

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6) How do I install HD audio with SPDIF cord using GTX275 and Foxconn Renissance MOBO? The MOBO has no on-board audio, so they give you a Harp card. There is no SPDIF on the MOBO except where the Harp card plugs in at. I'm sure the GTX275 can probably produce better HD Audio than the Harp card so I take it out. Ok SO, where the Harp card was plugged in it has like 8 or so pins one of the pins is for SPDIF and the one next to it is NC. (says so in the MOBO manual) Should I just plug in the SPDIF cord there? It will have no ground pin... AND my case is the NZXT Gaurdian, it has a connector labelled AC'97 and another labelled HD Audio. I don't know where to connect these. I see no slot for them on the Harp card, MOBO or GTX275. Maybe its one of the 8 pins the harp was plugged into? Well the Cases manual doesn't name the pins of the AC'97 or HD Audio so I cant match them up. Neither does it mention what they are for!
Does the 'harp' card have an SPDIF pins? GPU's are not sound emitting devices. The whole thing behind SPDIF is so you can send the sound through the card and out through HDMI to your tv. Im not sure about you sound card adapter thing, I will have to take a look at the board.

Unless you are planning to connect this to you tv or monitor with built in speakers, there is no point in using the cable. Just plug your speakers into the sound card as normal.

Yes, the Harp card has these two slots: CD_IN and F_AUDIO. CD_IN is 4-pin. F_Audio is 10-pin. I assume the cord from my case labelled HD_Audio plugs into F_Audio. However the Harp has no 2-pin slot for the SPDIF cable. Documentation on Harp is very limited.

Yes, I did press down pretty hard on the Cpu. I hope I didn't damage it.