"pcbldrNinetyEight" <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote in message
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> "GT" <ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>> "pcbldrNinetyEight" <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote in message
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>>> gecko <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in
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>>>> As I indicated in my earlier posts, I mistakenly bought a SATA DVD
>>>> burner drive instead of a PATA drive. Anyway, I had to buy some
>>>> cables to hook it up. It is now working.
>>>>
>>>> But I now have two more questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1) At the beginning of boot I see a new message I never saw before -
>>>> Press TAB key into user window.
>>>> I ignored it and there seemed to be no effect.
>>>> I tried the tab key and nothing happened - it was if I ignored
>>>> it.
>>>> So, I am wondering what this is all about.
>>>>
>>>> 2) I am surprised to see there is no connection to connect my
>>>> speakers (via mobo) up to the drive.
>>>
>>> Typically a four conductor cable that carries the analog audio signal
>>> from a CD/DVD player or burner to the MOBO audio in connector. I am
>>> very surprised that your MOBO has no such connector.
>>
>> I think its the drive that is missing the connector!
>
> I would prefer to have an analog audio output connector on a DVD drive so
> I
> could choose eithier digital or analog signal.

Absolutely, but I (and I assume the OP) assumed that the new SATA DVD burner
would have the standard audio connector, but alas no.