ASRock Forums : AsRock H170 Pro4 SPDIF issue https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:43:01 +0000 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 04:11:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1997 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[AsRock H170 Pro4 SPDIF issue : Your board does not have an optical...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1997&PID=10423&title=asrock-h170-pro4-spdif-issue#10423 Author: parsec
Subject: 1997
Posted: 16 Feb 2016 at 4:11am

Your board does not have an optical SPDIF output on the IO panel, as you know, which is the normal location for one IF it is included.

Some older boards I've seen had a two or three pin SPDIF electrical header on the board for use with a coaxial connector. I cannot find a header of that type on your board.

So I don't know of any way to enable any type of SPDIF output with your board. There really is no way to do it.

Besides a sound card, some video cards with the appropriate audio chip might support an SPDIF output. That is usually via an HDMI output connection to the card, or in rare cases, a header on the video card like I described above.

You would need to absolutely confirm that a video card had this capability with an HDMI connection. Beyond that is the issue of how to use that HDMI SPDIF signal as an input to whatever DAC you will be using.

Included in ALL of this is whether or not the digital signal is NOT just a standard stereo SPDIF signal, and supports DD, DTS, etc.

A sound card that you KNOW supports the digital format you want to use is your best option IMO.
]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 04:11:41 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1997&PID=10423&title=asrock-h170-pro4-spdif-issue#10423 <![CDATA[AsRock H170 Pro4 SPDIF issue : Nobody? :( ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1997&PID=10401&title=asrock-h170-pro4-spdif-issue#10401 Author: uberbit
Subject: 1997
Posted: 15 Feb 2016 at 4:53pm

Nobody? :(]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:53:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1997&PID=10401&title=asrock-h170-pro4-spdif-issue#10401 <![CDATA[AsRock H170 Pro4 SPDIF issue : hi to all forum members!I&#039;m...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1997&PID=10364&title=asrock-h170-pro4-spdif-issue#10364 Author: uberbit
Subject: 1997
Posted: 14 Feb 2016 at 7:59pm

hi to all forum members!

I'm having a problem with the above maiboard - I can't get SPDIF to work.

First a quick introduction:

I bought this mobo for a planned upgrade of my htpc ( based on an Asrock 330ION ). It runs a i3 6100 CPU
which has enough GPU horse power to decode 4K 60p HEVC streams. My speakers are Logitech Z5500 with DTS and DD decoding capabilities over Optical/Coaxial SPDIF.

When I read the mainboard's specs I saw that the onboard audio codec is ALC892. Since at work I have  an Asus mainboard with the same codec which has the option of enabling Digital Output though a jack a thought that would be the case with this mobo also. The board does not have an optical out connector and the spdif connector is not soldered on the pcb. The installed drivers show  me only analog outputs no digital ones and this is where I'm stuck: since the onboard codec clearly supports SPDIF output ( even through a jack ), how could I enable it? 

If anyone  has stumbled over this matter or has an idea and would like to share, it would be greatly appreciated. Before considering buying an internal sound card I just want to know if there is really no possibility of enabling digital output of the onboard codec.

 
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