Question Mobo Audio Chip Question

[KoolerThanJesus]

I have a stupid question about the audio chip on motherboards. This is the only place I could think to post it.
The question... When do you actually use the audio chip?
Im guessing when you plug your headphones straight into the back of the mobo(or into the front of your case) it most definitely uses it but
what about if you have a stereo system connected via AUX cable? Will it use the system as the main source of audio or does it still use the chip?
Is it only if I was to purchase a soundcard or USB chip would I bypass the audio chip or does the sound system do that as well?
ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WIFI D4 (FULL Review) - YouTube
^^The reason Im asking such an odd question^^

 

[Aeacus]

The question... When do you actually use the audio chip?

For every single piece of audio coming out of the PC, except the one tone internal speaker for debug beeps.

Is it only if I was to purchase a soundcard or USB chip would I bypass the audio chip

Yes.

ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WIFI D4 (FULL Review) - YouTube
^^The reason Im asking such an odd question^^

I have some beef with that video;

1. He didn't explain if the channel audio bleed is only with 3.5mm jack outputs, or with USB headsets as well. I had an impression that he only talked about 3.5mm jacks.
2. Most USB headsets have software with them, enabling to fine tune (fix) the output audio. Heck, some 3.5mm jack speakers also have AMP to fine tune the audio (mine has).
3. Stupid thing to say: "If you use audio with competitive gaming.". I have never heard of any competitive gaming without audio. Audio is critical in competitive gaming.
4. Review sample might have had a bad audio driver chip. It happens sometimes. And without testing with 2nd MoBo, this bloke can not tell that "all" ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WIFI D4 MoBos have a poor audio driver chip.

 

[KoolerThanJesus]

Thanks for the input. Im decently tech savvy but certain things like this I have no knowledge of.
Much <3

 

[Paperdoc]

Any computer MAY have one or MORE audio output devices. Most today have a chip on the mobo. IF you add a sound card to your system in a PCIe slot, that is another such device. Note that BOTH of those systems actually have both output and input capabilities. You might choose to connect an audio device via a USB jack, and that unit has its own input and output chips in a little box. Another common one, oddly, is on a VIDEO card. There has never been any standard way to pass the audio signals from a mobo chip to a video card in a PCIe slot, so the simple way to get audio to your monitor using the ability of an HDMI cable connection is to include an audio output chip on the video card.

Windows has a limiting factor. It can only use ONE audio output device at a time, no matter how many you actually have installed. Similarly, it can use only on audio input device at one time. In Windows YOU can choose which of your several devices are used for each of these functions, and then ONLY those are used. The others you have are NOT used until you change your selection. And of course, this means that Windows will have to have all of the Device Driver software modules for each device installed ready for use, because each device is different.

The input and output sockets for the audio chip on the MOBO are on the mobo's rear panel. The mobo also has a header to connect a cable from it to the case front panel sockets for headphones. A sound card will have its own separate sockets for plugging in, and of course so will any USB connected device (or it may use only the hard-wired units connected to that box). Most video cards with audio chips send output only via the HDMI cable, but SOME have output sockets, and a few may have input sockets. So when you make a selection of which sound devices to use in Windows, YOU also need to ensure that your speakers or amplifiers are plugged into the correct sockets.

Because all of these devices are different with different capabilities, some may sound quite different from others. But often people find the real differences are small.

 

[ubronan]

It is an old topic but i found the culprit in my system i have a Dell monitor which has no audio but somehow in the driver it says it has audio in it .... there are no speakers at all nor does it support audio
Anyway i was battling the endless cycle of the realtek driver till i noticed that it found an audio device being active and the solution to all these years problems with installing the driver of the motherbaord audio is TO MAKE SURE no audio device is connected even if it NOT EXISTING
The best help ever was for me Autorun Organizer which showed me that a silly not even working video/audio driver spoils the whole install
So i am gonna give away this old crap Dell monitor to some person i can make happy with it
And buy a bigger screen instead
So check if the monitor or tv is disconnected when install the Realtek failing software to detect some audio