Optical on the Drive Bay?!

Hello Guys!
So I was wondering what would happen if I plugged in something into the optical out slot in my fatalty dri've bay. This is with 5. speakers plugged into the soundcard itself and a microphone plugged into the "flexijack" slot.
Would it be able to tell that I want optical output only? Would it output both 5. and optical? Would my microphone work with optical? Do I have to plug my microphone into the annoying "Line In 2/Mic In 2"? Because I really would prefer not as most games automatically select Mic #.
Thanks!

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If you have any other questions please post back.
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Hello,
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Using W510 120 SSD in X220 drive bay?

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SD wrote:
I have a 120 SSD from my W510 which I would like to put in my X220. Is this possible? The problem is that the caddy that comes with the 120 SSD is too large for the drive bay of the X220, It also appears that the pin configureation is different. I suspect that this is not possible, but I thought I would ask.
The major problem is that drive has a 1.8" wide form factor, and the W510 caddy beefs it up to a 2.5" wide, 9.5mm high form factor.
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There is no "plug and play" caddy for mounting that Toshiba drive in an X220 drive bay, so a degree of creativity will be needed if you want to attempt to do it.
I don't have that drive, so my comments below are based on looking at photos from here.... http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3516/lenovo_toshiba_oem_thns128gg4baaa_128gb_solid_state_drive/ind...
It appears that the connector on the back of the Toshiba drive is a standard SATA type, and it also appears the drive is 7mm (or so) thick, so the challenge is to get it aligned correctly with the SATA connector in the X220 drive bay.
Electrically it should work , but you would need to figure out how to locate/fix the drive in a X220 drive caddy so that it did not become disconnected.
Personally, I think it is more trouble than it would be worth, as neither the X220 or the drive would be covered by warranty for doing something like that.
YMMV
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