[mythtv-users] Chaintech 7nif2 and sound

[Chris]

Jason,

Where were you able to buy the Biostar 3 pin s/pdif bracket? I would
like to use it for my MSI K7N2GM-L, but the only site that had it listed
was newegg where it has been out of stock for a couple weeks. I sent a
couple messages to MSI about a cable listed in their manual but I never
heard back.

chris


On 3/4/2004 8:37 PM, Jason S wrote:

>I'm one of those guys who wrote the reviews at Newegg
>on the 7NIF2... the deal is the old version of the
>board (back when it had the 8738 4-channel sound DID
>have the pinout, but no bracket. (Build your own I
>guess). Now that they are shipping with the 9739a
>(which is an AC3 decoder, like the MCP-T!), they
>stopped populating the pins on the board. Don't ask me
>why, I've asked chaintech twice and never got an
>answer.
>
>As for an earlier comment that it's the only Microatx
>with sound/SPDIF/tv, that's not true at all. There are
>at least four other boards (not counting the Aopen
>MK79G-1394, which never made it to the US) that are
>out there:
>
>Asus A7N8X-VM: Need special card/cable for TV/out (on
>Newegg), Realtek ALC650 6-channel sound. ($95 + $15
>for DVI, worst reviews out of the 4)
>Biostar M7NCG 400: Needs spdif and TV cables. Realtek
>ALC650 6-channel sound. ($68, have the 3x1 SPDIF at
>Newegg, need 2x2 TV which I JUST learned you can buy
>from Biostar directly. )
>Albatron KM18G: AC'97 sound, has TV connector, but not
>Spdif, that's sold seperately for around $8. ($80,
>need 5x1 SPDIF)
>MSI K7N2GM-L: Realteck AC'97, comes with TV-out
>bracket, SPDIF bracket sold seperately God-knows where
>($85, uses a 3x1 SPDIF, I'm going to use Newegg's
>Biostar 3x1 SPDIF cable)
>
>I shipped back the Chaintech board (I'm using two
>slots for tuners, and want the other for my 802.11g
>card) and bought the MSI K7N2GM-L 'cause I didn't know
>where to get the Biostar TV cable. Now that I know you
>could buy it directly from them, I'd highly recommend
>taking that route. (The MSI is more expensive,
>although they do have a great reputation too). 
>
>- Jason Syversen
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