Audio cable requirement?

From: Charles Sullivan (cwsulliv_at_triad.rr.com)
Date: 05/28/04

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    What determines whether an audio cable between
    a CD reading device and onboard sound is required
    in order to play audio CDs through the PC's sound
    system?

    My old system has a DVD-ROM and Ensonic 1391 chip
    onboard sound, and has been running RedHat versions
    6 through 9 over the years. It never needed an
    audio cable to listen to audio CDs.

    My new system has a CD-RW and AC97 onboard sound,
    and is running Fedora Core 2. MP3s on the hard
    drive play fine, but I get no sound from Audio CDs
    (except via earphones plugged into the front panel
    jack on the CD-RW).

    Is it the CD reading device, the sound circuitry on the
    mobo, or some configuration item in the OS that makes
    the difference?

    (The current problem is that the 18" audio cable
    I have isn't long enough for the new tower case.)

    Thanks for your advice.

    Regards,
    Charles Sullivan

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