no option for surround sound

[achrist0418]

i have a laptop with a gtx 1060 via hdmi, the laptop has intel HD graphics as well. via hdmi i have it hooked to a 7.1 surround sound reciever and am trying to configure 7.1 in windows. back with windows 7 i ran 5770's and 7970's that worked just fine and all options were there. however with this i right click windows sound manager to setup and all it displays is stereo.

thoughts on what im doing wrong?

 

[boju]

Which laptop model?

It's possible Intel's graphics doesn't offer surround, not sure. Need to find out if we can force Nvidia's audio somehow.

There are no Nvidia options in playback devices?

Are you using a Tv from the amp for another display? Try set Tv only and not use laptop screen. See if setting it this way refers to the hdmi out only and offers more audio options hopefully. Don't see how this would work but worth a shot.

Trouble with laptops nowadays is discrete graphics cards run through Intel's graphics chip as a passthrough.

 

[boju]

Might be audio options as well in the bios

 

[achrist0418]

dont see any audio options in bios. 7577 dell is hte laptop, it lists as nvidia high definition audio device sony avamp in the sound panel. it goes hdmi to sony 7.1 reciever to teh tv

 

[boju]

https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General/HDMI-Audio-FAQ/td-p/3441261

Have you installed Nvidia drivers since you got the laptop? I'm wondering if basic drivers were used and not the entire package including audio.

Have a read through those steps and see how you go.

 

[achrist0418]

clean install with all updated drivers

 

[boju]

Have you tried disable Exclusive Mode?

 

[achrist0418]

after the latest windows update (the big one a couple days ago) i now have the option for 7.2 surround... what ever they changed it worked