sound card with Intel-standard front-panel audio

The onboard sound on my A8N-SLI Premium motherboard has started to
become flaky after a little over two years of use. After it's been on
for a few hours, there's a pop through the speakers, and the audio just
goes completely out in all applications. Since a reboot brings the
audio right back, I thought it might be a driver issue, so I rolled back
to the previous driver, but the problem persists.

I have a free PCI slot, so the solution I'd prefer is to simply add in a
sound card. The reason I haven't done so yet is that I really use my
front-panel audio jacks a lot, and I depend on inserting headphones
there to automatically mute the rear speaker outputs.

The Asus-supplied card on my brother's Commando motherboard has the
Intel-standard FP audio connector, although Asus didn't document that
anywhere that I could see. However, I can't find any add-on PCI audio
cards that state that they have this feature. Does anyone know of a
model or brand that does?

Thanks

Ron

 

This might be an option.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001

Tim