Does the MSI Z270-A PRO not have front-panel audio?

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Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been trying to work on it myself for a few days now with no luck. I've seen a lot of threads about front panel audio not working but the only fix I saw that applied to me (Unticking something in the realtek audio center to disable then re-enable front panel audio) didn't work.

I have a MSI Z270-A PRO MOBO, and in the manual here https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z270-A-PRO.html#down-manual
I don't see where, if anywhere, the front panel audio and mic is getting connected to on my case.

My case is a Phanteks Eclipse P400, which has front panel mic and audio ports and two 3.0 usb ports. The usb ports work.

I can connect my headphone and mic through a 3.5 headphone and mic to USB connection in the front, but read somewhere it's better to use the 3.5 connections.

My back audio and everything else works fine. Also I'm pretty sure I'm using the right sound source.

I don't have a sound card and I'm running windows 10 if that matters, thanks in advance.
 
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It's clearly shown in Page 33 of your manual (English version) in the link you provided. The audio header is marked as "JAUD1" and located just beside the bottom left screw mounting hole of your board.

The pinout looks like this:

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It's clearly shown in Page 33 of your manual (English version) in the link you provided. The audio header is marked as "JAUD1" and located just beside the bottom left screw mounting hole of your board.

The pinout looks like this:

[pre]
+---------------+
|[o][o][o][ ][o]|
|[o][o][o][o][o]|
+---------------+

[/pre]
 
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Your right. I looked through the manual a couple times, maybe I went to fast, not sure how I missed that. >_>

Turns out the pin wasn't seated right, that fixed it right away. Thanks for pointing that out. 😀