Audio cable between video card and motherboard

[jjbpenguin]

I have an hp m8417c desktop and installed an EVGA Geforce 9800 gt video card in it. It came with a DVI to HDMI adapter, and a small cable to route the audio into the card to send it out through HDMI. i see the slot to connect to on the card, but don't see one on the motherboard. it is a tiny rectangle that has 2 pins and I was wondering if only some audio cards have this connection, or if i am overlooking it. any help would be appreciated.

Jordan

 

[bomberboysk]

I would check the manual for that, i dont use hdmi on my 9800gtx so i wouldnt know, but i have the cable and i think it connects to the onboard audio, not sure if it works with add on sound cards though.

 

[Aastii]

your board doesnt have one.

Checking the asus website for the manual and looking at the mobo overview picture it doesnt have one. There are 4 varients of the mbo, but none of the 4 have the socket you are looking for so far as i can see.

There will be certain mobos that will have the connectors but some which dont. yours is probably the latter

 

[jjbpenguin]

that was my guess, but couldn't find an official answer. Thanks for all your help.