I'm trying to find the impedance of my Motherboard (Asus P8Z77 VL-K), but no luck

Artistar · Aug 14, 2014

Hi, I'm trying to find the impedance of my Motherboard (Asus P8Z77 VL-K), as I'm going to be adding a TEAC 5.1 Surround System to my PC.......if possible....

I've looked on the Asus website and checked my manual online. I've done a web search. Any help please, would be grateful accepted.

Thank you.

billbartuska · Aug 14, 2014

A little background info first:
Motherboards don't have inpedance as they don't produce sound. They just send a sound signal to a sound device, be that an installed sound card or an onboard sound chip.

Your motherboard (specifications) used a Realtek ALC892 on board sound chip. You can download the specification for the Realtek ALC892 here

On page 74 it lists the following:

I hope that helps..........

Artistar · Aug 14, 2014

Thank you Billbartuska for your response to my (erroneous) query? Sorry for my ignorance, it isn't intentional.

billbartuska · Aug 14, 2014

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Originally Posted by Artistar

Thank you Billbartuska for your response to my (erroneous) query? Sorry for my ignorance, it isn't intentional.

You're not ignorant!
There's a difference between ignorance and just not knowing yet.
Ignorant people will never know.

Artistar · Nov 16, 2014

Billbartuska, thank you for your obvious understanding!

The problem I'm faced with is knowing whether when I plug in more than just the Sub-Woofer (which doesn't have an impedance reading), I'd damage/blow the motherboard: bearing in mind I have four Satellite and one Centre speaker (4-8 Ohms) to add to the equation. It's an TEAC LS-350U 5.1 Surround System.

5291Crash · Nov 16, 2014

Can you link us to the setup your wanting to use as i see Teac is not a single item when i googled it.

If its a Teac Receiver like the D8900 you would only need to use a toslink cable on Optical ports

If your wanting to drive phisical speakers, first they will need to be powered drivers for it to work as the mobo outputs are not powered to drive speakers

Artistar · Nov 17, 2014

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Originally Posted by 5291Crash

Can you link us to the setup your wanting to use as i see Teac is not a single item when i googled it.

If its a Teac Receiver like the D8900 you would only need to use a toslink cable on Optical ports

If your wanting to drive phisical speakers, first they will need to be powered drivers for it to work as the mobo outputs are not powered to drive speakers

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.sekaimon.com/i131042716619&prev=search is the best that I could find: it's not the easiest of speaker systems to find on the net! If you're referring to pictures of the back of the bass bin or anywhere else on the speakers, then just tell me exactly what you want, and I'll take some pictures per request. The manual that came with the set is anything but helpful. Thank you.

5291Crash · Nov 17, 2014

So the system looks like its passive from what i can tell. What receiver will you be using to power the speakers?

As the motherboard will not be able to directly control (power) passive speakers, Active speakers yes it can.

Passive speakers are speakers that have no internal amps to drive them
Active speakers are built with amps to power them.

Simple way of telling is does it have a power cord?

Artistar · Nov 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by 5291Crash

So the system looks like its passive from what i can tell. What receiver will you be using to power the speakers?

As the motherboard will not be able to directly control (power) passive speakers, Active speakers yes it can.

Passive speakers are speakers that have no internal amps to drive them
Active speakers are built with amps to power them.

Simple way of telling is does it have a power cord?

The Subwoofer does have a power cord, but the sattelites don't.

Artistar · Nov 19, 2014

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Originally Posted by 5291Crash

So the system looks like its passive from what i can tell. What receiver will you be using to power the speakers?

As the motherboard will not be able to directly control (power) passive speakers, Active speakers yes it can.

Passive speakers are speakers that have no internal amps to drive them
Active speakers are built with amps to power them.

Simple way of telling is does it have a power cord?

So the question remains: can I safely connect up my 5.1 system (with all 6 speakers) to my PC, via the three audio I/O ports please? If so, then how please?

I'm trying to find the impedance of my Motherboard (Asus P8Z77 VL-K), but no luck

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