I have an Intel DQ670W motherboard, with
1 x Stereo Out
1 x Microphone In
1 x Line In
3.5mm on the rear panel, with Stereo and Microphone repeated on the front panel.
I have some Logitech 5.1 speakers, all 3.5mm, so
1 x Front
1 x Rear
1 x Sub / Center
Clearly, in traditional analog, I can only plug the front speakers in.
I am wondering if there is a way use these speakers with some sort of inbetween connection. I was looking at USB to 5.1 but really, the USB stick is an actual sound card, and I want to use the sound card on-board.
I see that the motherboard has AC97 headers and HD Audio headers. I am not what this means, where one should be used in place of another. What is the difference?
This http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dq67ow.html says that there are three audio output channels, which makes me wonder if the back panel inputs can be changed to outputs.
Can they?
