No sounds from CD-ROM headphone jack

[Achtung]

The only problem with my new computer seems to be that I can't get sound out of either CD drive through the headphone jack. I get sounds through the speakers with no problem, but not when I have headphones. My DVD-ROM (master) uses the digital output of the sound card, while the CD-RW (slave) uses the regular output. My sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy. I don't know if there are any other connections I might need to make. Thanks.

 

[AppleTalking]

Uh, I think you're a bit confused about what those jacks are for. The "outputs" on your Audigy aren't outputs at all, they're inputs. You don't get sound back from the sound card to the CD-RW or DVD-ROM, the drives just pipe audio into the sound card when you play an Audio CD. Plugging your headphones into your CD drives won't do you any good unless you're playing an audio CD in that drive. Try plugging your headphones into one of the back-panel outputs on your sound card and see what happens.

Nick

 

[Achtung]

Well yeah obviously I need a CD in the drive to hear it. It was just a typo when I wrote "input" for "output", but I figured the general idea was clear. Of course I get output from the Audigy card, since I can hear the music fine on my regular 2.1 speakers. But there is still nothing coming out of the CD headphone jack. And it is the same on both CD drives, so I figure it might be some common problem. I just have no idea what it might be.

 

[Viper GTS]

The only thing you'll ever hear from the CD-ROM headphone jack is CD audio - And I don't think you'd hear that if you're using digital audio transfer (via the IDE bus).

Have you tried switching the audio to analog?

Viper GTS