Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro - External I/O Hub alternativ

I just bought a used Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro as stand-alone,meaning no HUB.
I couldn't care less about the HUB,because I would be using it only with headphones for games. That is until I found out it has NO MIC jack on the PCI board!!
Apart from being puzzled to why Creative would skip putting a MIC jack on the board I've being trying to find out which alternati'ves (if there are any) I could use.
There are some I/O dri'ves (Front Panels) I could buy, but im uncertain to if AD-Link cables are same form factor. This particular board uses two: AD_Link and AD_Link2, altought the second one is a straight firewire cable.
X-Fi I/O Console Upgrade Kit:would this one (it has an AD-Link cable) work?
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=&subcategory=6&product=47&nav =2
Any other alternati'ves?
At the moment I have this one for output and using Onboard Card for MIC but would rather use one card only.
Ty in advance.

Thats simple: I bought it on Ebay.
The thing is: I cant blame the seller because he clearly stated it was a "stand-alone".
But I never heard of a sound-board which didn't have any "IN" jacks on itself. That is:until now.Always thought front-panels and hubs were add-ons...
This particular one only has 3 jacks for output.On a card supposedly to be the best of the ZS series its particularly weird.
I have been using 2 sounds cards without any issues so I guess this is the "best" solution.

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OS: Windows XP SP2 and all current updates
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