No Audio via HDMI to TV

dezmaas

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SOLVED: No Audio via HDMI to TV

Hi,

I installed Windows 7 yesterday and at first I had no audio to my TV via the HDMI cable. I adjusted the settings via the sound icon on the taskbar, playback tab, changing whether the speakers or the Digital Output Device (HDMI), Sigmatel High Definition Audio Codec was the default. Eventually I got it to work.

Today, however it has stopped working again and no matter what changes I make, nothing works. When I right click on the playback device Digital Output Device (HDMI) and choose TEST, I get the message: Failed to play test tone. All sound comes through the laptop speakers.

I went to device manager and checked the driver for the codec and it was up to date.

When I was using Vista, to get the audio all I had to do was plug in the HDMI cable and the sound automatically went through the TV.

Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this?
 
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Have you updated your Sound Drivers?
 

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Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5 GHz
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Realtek HD Audio
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I thought by checking for updates to the Sigmatel High Definition Audio Codec I had checked for the sound drivers. Where else should I check?
 

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I thought by checking for updates to the Sigmatel High Definition Audio Codec I had checked for the sound drivers. Where else should I check?
You checked these at your Computer Manufacture's website?
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5 GHz4GB Kingston DDR2-800NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT (512MB Model)
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Compal JFT02 (Custom Build Laptop)
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5 GHz
Motherboard
JFT02
Memory
4GB Kingston DDR2-800
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT (512MB Model)
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
WUXGA Standard Laptop Display
Screen Resolution
1680*1050
Hard Drives
Toshiba 320GB 5400RPM Laptop HD
PSU
Standard Laptop Power Supply
Case
Standard Laptop Case
Cooling
Standard Laptop Cooling
Keyboard
Standard Laptop 105 Key-Keyboard
Mouse
Synaptics Touchpad
Internet Speed
Verizion Online DSL 3360/864 kbs (dl/up)
Yes, I downloaded all available updates and just now re-installed my sound and video drivers but to no avail.
 

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Try setting the ATI HDMI out as your default audio playback device. Right click speaker icon in system tray near the time, choose playback devices. Right click ATI HDMI to do this.
 

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Try setting the ATI HDMI out as your default audio playback device. Right click speaker icon in system tray near the time, choose playback devices. Right click ATI HDMI to do this.

Yeah I've tried that, it doesn't work.
 

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Try some different ATI display drivers. Some of them aren't outputting HDMI in Windows 7 consistantly.
 

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Home built
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Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
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Q9650-4.275GHz, E8600 4.5GHz, E6750-3.8GHz
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Evga 780i FTW
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G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz 5 5 5 15 2T
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GTX480
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Asus Xonar D2
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HannsG
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GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
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ThermalTake Toughpower 1000Watt modular
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ThermalTake XaserV
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Xigmatek S1283
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T1
This has been solved. Thanks for the replies.
 

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