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Ac'97 or HD?

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Feb 22, 2010
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Ok so my case comes with two connections for the audio, one is ac'97 ( i think is the name) and the other HD? How do I know which one to connect? Do I have to have an HD sound card to use HD?
 
If you have a relatively new motherboard, it is certainly HD Audio. At any rate, your motherboard manual will tell you.
 
Your device manager will tell you more.
Im also wondering if system will allow two audio device running (onboard and independent)