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Front headphone socket of CPU is disabled

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/front-headphone-socket-of-cpu-is-disabled.78642/

JBP
JBP Original post #1
Jan 20, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Please see the attachment... Front headphone socket of the CPU is shown as disabled and is not working. Can anyone help how to enable it.
dOm1naTOr
Jan 20, 2008 at 7:51 PM
In bios there may be options for fpa like:
AC 97 audio
HD audio
Disable

Set it to AC 97 audio nd it shud work.

And are u sure that uve connected the connectors of front panel of cabby to mobo pins?
Those pins are named as FPA on the mobo itself.
moshel
moshel #3
Jan 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM
in some cases u will need to change the default device by going to Control Panel->sounds and Audio devices -> Audio -> sound playback (Select front audio)
JBP
JBP #4
Jan 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Thanks guys, Enabled AC97 Front Panel Support. It worked..