Re: PC Construction: Pentium 4

["James - SJ Computers" <jimmyc1163@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

The 2 pin connector on the motherboard is for the internal speaker. This
will only produce a single tone. This is used for diagnostics (bios etc.)
and usually will beep at start up. The motherboard itself will not have a
speaker built into it, but there should be one in the case that you can
connect to it.

Also building computers over a long period of time can be a bit depressing,
for two reasons:

1. By the time you have finished, you will find that the first
components you got have gone down in price a lot.
2. There will be new components that you want coming out all the time,
so you will never finish your project.

James


On Feb 17, 2008 9:22 AM, Mark Golledge <markgolledge@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Hiya,
>
> Thanks for all the messages.
>
> Now I'm going to ask a very silly question now so please be kind as
this
> is
> the first time I've built a PC from scratch!!
>
> How do I know if the motherboard has a built in speaker? There is a
> headphone socket on the front of the motherboard (next to microphone
and 2
> USB ports) and a line in and line out on the reverse (with another 2
USB
> ports, RJ45 socket, Serial A and Serial B and mouse / keyboard
> connectors).
>
> Within the motherboard itself there is a 2 pin connector saying
'speaker'.
>
> Unfortunately I can't find the motherboard manual (as I don't have the
> make
> - it only says Compaq 2001 Processor Board, 219 Rev OH S28 on the
board
> itself).
>
> Obviously I'm going to take the aerial in to the PVR-350. Plan is to
> potentially run Linux and then install MythTV connecting it to XBMC
(as
> the
> front end) and then playing from there.
>
> Am seeing this as a long-term job but just making sure I've got all
the
> correct bits to start with!
>
> Mark
>
> On Feb 17, 2008 8:45 AM, Andy Davies
<dajdavies@xxxxxxx<dajdavies%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2/16/08, Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxx
<vargster%40gmail.com><vargster%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > I'm with James, I've built a few PCs in my time :) and I
don't recall
> > any P4
> > > class motherboards without onboard sound...
> > >
> >
> > I think I've come across a few server boards but can't remember
the
> > last time I saw a desktop board without sound...
> >
> > The picture linked to shows sound ports on the front, of course
Mark
> > might be looking for more that just plain stereo out...
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
> --
>
> Mark Golledge
> E: mark@xxxxxxx <mark%40markgolledge.com>
> W: www.markgolledge.com
>
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