[SOLVED] Antec Sonata3 front audio questions

[Wilcal]

I now have a new (to me) system in this case and an looking at what the prior owner did and didnt do. Inside is a GA z77 ds3h MB. The system came with no HD/OS and no add on cards so i was cleaning and cable routing in prep...the Antec case manual(PDF) says it has both an AC97 and HDA cable/connectors.

I found the unconnected HDA cable floating in there and nothing connected to the front audio connector on the MB. I then started looking for the AC97 connector/cable and don't find one. should i be concerned or just go ahead and connect the HDA to the front panel.

As i look deeper into this case, i am missing a couple of the rails for putting in another 5.5 external drive and i have none of the trays for installing hard drives, so searching for that stuff too.

 

[Lutfij]

Here are images for the board you have but in:
Rev 1.0

and Rev 1.1:

In both instances, you're attention should be on the top left hand corner of the images, where you see a green bordered connector with AUDIO labelled inside it. That's what the HDA connector for the case should plug into, noting the empty pin slot on the board.

 

[Wilcal]

Thanks for your reply. I understood that, from looking at the MB(rev 1.0 BTW) and case manuals. What i am confused by is the Sonata 3 case manual which states it has both HDA and AC97 connectors but i am only finding an HDA connector. Im wondering where the AC97 connector went...