Hi,
My case came with the cutout holes for front USB and front audio in/out, but the circuit board included only had USB ports on it. I wanted front audio because I need a headphone jack to prevent disturbing the other people in my house.

My buddy had an older case (gaming type, with lighted chassis) that got hit by a car in the process of moving. The front USB/audio panel was still intact, so I got it from him.

I have no difficulty connecting the USB to my mobo, but the audio is just plain confusing.

Connection ON MOTHERBOARD:
GND
+5VA
BACKOUT-R
BACKOUT-L
MIC
MIC-POWER
AUD-OUT-R
DUMMY
AUD-OUT-L

Connection ON AUDIO LEAD WIRES:
GND (black wire)
MIC IN (green wire)
MIC IN (orange wire)
R IN (brown or purple; its hard to tell)
R OUT (yellow)
L IN (blue)
L OUT (red/pink)

The connector on the end of the wires is not a solid block...it is a collection of individual wires.

Which pins on the mobo correspond to each wire? Is it even possible to do this?

FYI My audio adapter is an onboard SiS 7012 (C-Media AC'97) which is 5.1 surround compliant.

As far as the mic goes, I really don't care about that. My main objective is to have the audio out (left and right stereo) working.

Thanks,
Kevin

ASRock K7S41GX
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1850MHz
512MB DDR333
WD 160GB IDE HDD
ATI Radeon 9200 128MB AGP8x

Do you have Audio out at present ? is there a jack socket (at the back) that you can plug into and hear stuff. If so then make up a cable that consists of a normal stereo jack, enough wire to reach the front of your box and a female socket (either inline or case mounted) glue or fix the socket in the place you want at the front of your box and simply run the cable through the base unit and plug the jack into your existing socket. You can by these cables ready made they are called stereo / headphone extension cables.

Yes, I have an aud out on the mobo rear panel.

I noticed another system set up like that once before (with the 'home made' cable setup). It worked fine and I'm sure it would work fine in this case too, except I'd rather not do it that way.

I mean...its just logic, right?...I have all the parts I need already. Everything is labelled. In theory its easier this way...but then again, that's 'in theory'.

Not to mention that I would like to have my speakers plugged in at all times, and just turn them off and plug in the headphones when needed. The idea is to make it so I don't have to unplug the speakers.

My speakers don't have a headphone jack either...which annoys me. However, they make up for that whenever I blast some good ol' Van Halen. The point really is this:
-Lazy teenager doesn't want to keep unplugging and replugging things.
-Teenager wants to blast 70s/80s music when his mom isn't home.
-Teenager wants to continue blasting music when mom IS home, but can't do it without headphones.

Perhaps this clarifies.

-Kevin

ASRock K7S41GX
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1850MHz
512MB DDR333
WD 160GB IDE HDD
ATI Radeon 9200 128MB AGP8x

I still think you are doing it the hardway - with the home made lead you can easily incorporate a splitter so headphones and speakers can be plugged in

Anyway, my best guess is ... on you mobo connectors the Blackout R and Blackout L both go onto the Black gnd, then the Aud Out R out (yellow) and Aud Out L go to L out (red) .... but don't hold ne to it