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Quick bit of advice would be much appreciated.

My current old 5.1 Creative speakers have Black, Orange and Green leads but on the mobo I ordered "Gigabyte Z68AP-D3", the audio jacks are Blue, Green and Pink.

Would my speakers work with my mobo? Also what goes where?

Help much appreciated. Thanks!
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
Check the manual for your board on which input is which...

Usually though PInk is the microphone, Green are speakers, and I don't recall what blue is...
 
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I think blue is line in.

Which only leaves one lead for me to plug in with 2 un plugged! :confused:
 
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Front speakers (green) go to green, rear speakers (black) go to blue, center/sub (orange) go to pink. Then configure it as 5.1 in the Realtek software.
 
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No matter what the colors are Realtek control panel allows you to use any port for anything you want. E.g. I got line out on both green and blue and set them to play the same thing. I'm sure you can set up the outputs for a 5.1 system.
 
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Yes, the ports just need to be remapped in the software. Cheap boards only have 3 audio jacks so you lose mic-in and line-in if you use 5.1 channel speakers.
 
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Typically, the front + center speakers go to green jack, sub goes to pink and rear speakers to blue jack. You can re-order them as you see fit, though.

You won't lose mic-in if you use front panel audio.
 
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Ahh thanks for all the reply guys. I have an old Sound Blaster I found today if I need it. Will try and use the onboard first though.
 
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