Speakers power cable

[HGHF]

I have bought a new HP desktop, and am trying to move my speakers across to it.  My speakers have a green jack, which fits in to the green port, but they also have a purple power jack which went into a purple power port on the back of my old Packard Bell computer.  My new HP desktop does not have a port for the purple power jack and I don't know where to plug it in.  At the moment I have the green jack plugged into my new HP desktop and the purple power jack plugged into my old desktop!  Thanks

[jaco1x4]

Hi HGHF,

Packard Bell PC's were and are very proprietary. Did the speakers being used on the Packard Bell ship with that PC? Are they Packard Bell speakers?

How many speakers? Do you have a cable attached to each speaker, one green and one purple, that needs to be attached to the PC? Are both connectors on the cables the same RCA type connection?

You may be better off replacing the speakers.

Jaco

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[HGHF]

Thanks for responding.  The speakers are Storm by Diamond Audio for NECCI, multimedia speaker kit, output power 3W/ch, power supply 12VDC.  I don't know if they came with the pc since it used to belong to my brother.  There are two speakers, one with the on/off switch.  There are 2 cables (plus the cable that joins the two speakers) - both of these cables comes out of the one speaker (the one with the on/off switch).  One cable has the green jack on it which plugs into the speaker port, and the other is the purple power supply which fitted into a round power socket on the back of the Packard Bell desktop.  The connectors are different on the end of each cable.

I had no idea that computer speakers weren't standard.  They are good speakers so it's going to be a pain if I have to replace them if they'll only work with a Packard Bell computer.

Thanks for your help.

[jaco1x4 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Th HP jack configuration (Beats Audio)), to the best of my knowledge, is standard. I also have a Soundblaster (SB) high end audio card with the same (similar) jack configuration. I am using a Bose speaker system with a subwoofer. The speakers attach to the subwoofer audio out jack. A cable connecting the audio out jack from the PC connects to an audio in jack on the subwoofer. The subwoofer powers the speakers and the subwoofer from an AC outlet.

Since the Diamond speakers were connected to your Packard Bell PC as you have described, I see no possible way you will be able to connect those speakers to the HP PC you have purchased. There appears to be no way to provide power to the Diamond speakers from the HP PC or any PC I have used over the last ten years.

BTW, I had a PB way back in 1996. VERY proprietary.

Jaco

Jaco

[HGHF]

Thanks for letting me know

[Tess83]

I currently have exactly the same problem! The speakers (Storm by Diamond Audio) came with the Packard Bell computer I purchased some years ago. My new tower does not have a connection for the purple power supply cable and I have been unable to buy anything to adapt it.  So, only option is to buy new speakers which is a great shame because the Storm ones were excellent.

[TheSubmit]

This might be too late but I came across a forum and there's something about an adapter. I'm looking into it myself, here is the thread: 

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=54905