Why do all the LG1151 boards still have PS2 mouse and keyboard connectors but no optical audio? I'm gonna upgrade from my old i7 after the summer but can't find any good motherboards (on my local retailer's site)
Maybe because that's more expensive, as well as 5.1 jacks.
>>55299890
i don't know why but optical is a jittery mess. No one uses it for serious audio. No one.
Properly terminated coax for the win.
I use a pro firewire card, but when linux didn't have the drivers for it i had a close look at my motherboard manual.
All mobos have a spdif 75ohm coax output on the board. Read your manual. I found the jumpers ans soldered some coax to it and made my own god damn port. good luck friend.
>>55300105
>i don't know why but optical is a jittery mess.
optical has no real concept of timing
>>55300130
>both mouse and keyboard PS/2 ports
That's rare in my experience, having the keyboard (or one combo port) is common. With the mech keyboard craze some people have pointed out how USB is polled and PS/2 keyboards interrupt, so theoretically PS/2 is (however slightly) faster, and the USB HID spec limits to 6 key rollover (although there are workarounds for this, namely registering multiple USB devices, or using your own driver).
>Optical audio
Most people don't use optical out but my last two builds including a new skylake build has it. Either you're going for cheap mobos or small ones trying to save space on ports (given OP pic). Smaller boards are more likely to be used on *nix systems where non-PS/2 input devices can be iffy, depending on the OS.
>>55300204
>although there are workarounds for this, namely registering multiple USB devices, or using your own driver
Or using a different HID class that isn't the legacy “boot mode” keyboard emulation.
>>55300232
Yeah, but then the keyboard has to have a switch, detect when boot mode ends and Windows/other OS starts, or not work in boot mode at all.
>>55299890
only ps/2 keyboards have true NKRO
>>55299890
What happens if you connect your monitor to your motherboard instead of your GPU?
>>55300314
you get video output from your CPU (if it supports it)
![Maximus%20VIII%20Hero_IO[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6VUzzbB.jpg "Maximus%20VIII%20Hero_IO[1].jpg")
>>55299890
You either have no idea what you're talking about, or you're looking at H110 chipset boards. Here's the IO port from my MOBO.
>>55299890
I have optical on my itx board.
>>55300325
What if you start a game? The GPU still does its job?
>>55300627
The one on the CPU will.
>>55299890
Don't know about you but my z170m mortar has optical audio
