[Front FireWire Port] Audigy 2 SB1394 correct pinout nee

Hello all,
I have a Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 card (not ZS, not Platinum, just the original Audigy 2) with the IEEE394 internal port (SB394). There are 9 pins on it ( row of 5 and of 4) and I'm pretty sure I can connect the front FireWire port of my Antec SX040BII case to it. The Antec SX040BII FireWire cable consists of 6 individual connectors :
VP = PowerVG = GroundTPA+ = Twisted Pair A Channel Positi'veTPA- = Twisted Pair A Channel Negati'veTPB+ = Twisted Pair B Channel Positi'veTPB- = Twisted Pair B Channel Negati've
Creative told me it was not possible and not intended for that purpose and suggested me to buy an expensi've Audigy front panel... Yeah right.
I know many users reported to have it hooked up successfully. But I've found so many different and contradictory layouts for that card in these forums and others that I don't know what to do now. Users with an Audigy 2 and an Antec case (preferrably the SX040BII) or Creative techs,could you please indicate me the EXACT pinout so I can hookup this front FireWire port to it ?
As follow :
Audigy 2 internal SB394
[ 2 3 4 5]
[6 7 8 9 ]
Thanks
kpone

I ran across this in the knowledge database looking for the audigy 2 zs pin layout. hope it hel
ps.
AUD_EXT
This is for the Sound Blaster Li've and Sound Blaster Audigy Series Only. Not the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Series.
Pin-Outs
Pin Name Description
VCC +5V power supply
2 VCC +5V power supply
3 GND Ground
4 AC97CLK 24.5 MHz clock output
5 GND Ground
6 GP_SPDIFIN#2 SPDIF input signal
7 GND Ground
8 GND Ground
9 SPDIFO#3 SPDIF out Signal
0 GPO General Purpose Output #
GPO2 General Purpose Output #2
2 GND Ground
3 GPO0 General Purpose Output #0
4 GND Ground
5 GP_ SPDIFIN SPDIF Input signal
6 GND Ground
7 GPDIFO#0 SPDIF Out signal
8 GND Ground
9 SPDIFO# SPDIF Out signal
20 GND Ground
2 GND Ground
22 SPDIFO SPDIF Out signal
23 GPI0 Digital Input (GP Input 0; Reserved)
24 GPI Digital Input (GP Input ; Reserved)
25 OUTMIDI MIDI Output
26 GND Ground
27 INMIDI MIDI Input
28 GND Ground
29 KEY no pin
30 KEY no pin
3 ADCSDO2 I2S audio data input
32 GND Ground
33 ADCSDO I2S audio data input.
34 GND Ground
35 ADCSDO0 I2S audio data input
36 GND Ground
37 I2SCLK I2S serial bit clock
38 GND Ground
39 I2SFS Frame sync.
40 GND Ground
man the pin picture didnt import, so here is the link: http://dmzweb4.europe.creative.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=354,E=000000000006634953,K=8743,Sxi=2,Case=obj (3026),Kb=ww_english,VARSET=ws:http://us.creative.com/
it is the "Internal connectors such as TAD, CD SPDIF, AUX etc" selection, and then you can see the pin layout. My guess is that it is the small group of pins on the left that you are looking for.

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