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I have an Intel DQ670W motherboard, with 

 1 x Stereo Out
 1 x Microphone In
 1 x Line In

3.5mm on the rear panel, with Stereo and Microphone repeated on the front panel.

I have some Logitech 5.1 speakers, all 3.5mm, so

 1 x Front
 1 x Rear
 1 x Sub / Center

Clearly, in traditional analog, I can only plug the front speakers in.

I am wondering if there is a way use these speakers with some sort of inbetween connection. I was looking at USB to 5.1 but really, the USB stick is an actual sound card, and I want to use the sound card on-board.

I see that the motherboard has AC97 headers and HD Audio headers. I am not what this means, where one should be used in place of another. What is the difference?

This http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dq67ow.html says that there are three audio output channels, which makes me wonder if the back panel inputs can be changed to outputs.

Can they?

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  • I am not sure what the question is. "the back panel inputs can be changed to outputs." - They already are. There is no such thing as `Microphone Out` – Ramhound Jun 17 '14 at 11:04
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    Install the Realtek drivers and utilities for the audio and it should ask you "What did you just plug in?", or something to that effect. :) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Jun 17 '14 at 11:08
  • My most of my systems tend to have 6 outputs specifically to handle that. I do suspect that trying the drivers is your first port of call, then consider the external sound card. I also have heard of some 5.1 speakers taking SPDIF directly... so... what kind of speakers? Oh and http://superuser.com/questions/419038/hd-audio-or-ac97-connector-which-to-use-when-and-whats-the-difference may be of interest – Journeyman Geek Jun 17 '14 at 11:17
  • @techie007 As I was writing this, I figured I should check just that, but wasn't able to at the time. Of course, you are right, and I should have figured this out after having done similar things by hand with linux. You are welcome to add this as an answer. – Paul Jun 17 '14 at 12:21

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