On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Shawn Flynn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sflynn1@rogers.com">sflynn1@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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That was my first thought as well, but alas I have been unable to find an<br>
spdif header on this Dell Optiplex motherboard. Even if I did find one, I'm<br>
looking for _optical_ digital out. All the header cables I've seen for a<br>
reasonable price are coax only.</blockquote><div><br><br>I bought the parts but haven't built this yet: <br><br><a href="http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html">http://www.epanorama.net/documents/audio/spdif.html</a><br>
<br>About 80% of the way down, there is a simple circuit to convert the header pins on the motherboard to an optical connection. A couple resistors, a cap, and a transmitter module that's really just an LED with a nice plug housing. <br>
<br>None of that helps you if you lack the header pins on the motherboard and know what pin is what, but it might help others. <br></div></div><br>