Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4870487)

I can assure you they don't. In times of 7.1 surround sound systems and sound themes for system sounds generated by the audio subsystem no one really cares about the PC speaker, it mostly nowadays has the only function to act as error signal if the system doesn't boot due to hardware error.

Originally Posted by jlinkels (Post 4870497)

This is nonsense. Either you have a piezo speaker with an internal oscillator, which you drive with DC. Or you have something which needs a 10Vp-p signal which is AC. Which will drive a normal speaker. Having a piezo speaker and drive it with AC is nonsense.

Legacy connections stay legacy unless it is very clearly indicated that they have changed. Asus does not say in the manual it has changed. The speaker signal is still +5V-speaker, as it has been for decades. Not speaker-GND as would have been likely for a DC output. The 5V-speaker is constructed as such so an open-collector output can be used to drive the speaker.

Besides, if you have an ATX case in which you can mount this MB which still happens to have a conventional AC-drive speaker a modern ATX mainboard would not be able to drive the speaker? Can't believe that.

jlinkels

Originally Posted by stf92 (Post 4870762)

And do you agree that this is a very important function? I would say, basic function?