PC --> Samsung TV=no audio

[Dingus Kahn]

Greetings. I haven't been here in a long while and hope everyone is doing well. I have a problem that is absolutely driving me insane and need some help.

I hooked my PC to my TV with a dvi-hdmi connector and the video is great. But for the life of me cannot get audio to my tv speakers.

The specs for my PC is:

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128014
which has:
Realtek ALC888 codec
HD audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD in

Video card: EVGA 384-P3-N853-AR GeForce 8800GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130333

And my TV is a Samsung Model LN37A450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16889102216

I have tried (I think) everything. Mini jacks, optical cables... nothing is working.

[flanzig1]

That card doesn't have HDMI native to it so the sound won't go through the HDMI cable. And since the TV has HDMI selected as it's A/V source, it's expecting the audio via the HDMI. I've just used the sound output from the PC to PC speakers for this type of situation.

[Dingus Kahn]

That may be so, but why then wouldn't the Y cable jack work (analog)?

[glc]

Nvidia cards have this issue. They do not like to pass audio without native HDMI. Use a VGA cable from the video card to the TV, and a line-out cable from the onboard sound to the TV's audio input.

[Hi Ho]

Where are you connecting the audio from the PC to the TV? You need to plug the PC into HDMI 1 on the TV and plug the analog audio into the jacks directly below that input. That will get you picture AND sound.