[Solved] Noob question Hooking up PC to TV with sound! HELP

I'm totally new to this hooking my PC up to my TV but I would love to do this since I have a lot of movies on my computer and instead of wasting DVDs and converting times to get them to play on my DVD player I would love to just view them on my 42" Sylvania LC420SS8 1080P LCD TV and my video card is a MSI Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 640MB. The card has Two DVI ports (one being used obviously on my pc monitor) and one free as well as an S-Video output.

My TV has two HDMI ports so if i'm not mistaken I can just use a DVI(Male)toHDMI(MALE) cable to connect the video to my TV...but I'm not sure but I don't think those cables can carry audio. I need to know what audio cable I need to run from my PC to my TV i'm totally unsure since I have onboard audio from an ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe motherboard so there's 6 colored outputs on the back.

Any help would be appreciated....and let me know if i'm correct that a DVI-HDMI cable should work?? My TV supports 1080P and also has a VGA port. Just unsure on how to hookup the audio.

Thanks guys!

I have not had much experience with running HDMI through an Nvidia card (i know how to do it on ATI) but I believe it may require an extra motherboard connection to your GPU, called SPDIF. The cable needed would have been included with your card, if your card has that option.

If you don't want to do it that way, if your TV has a DVI input, it should also have a standard audio input with it (small headphone jack type connection). You can run a cable from your onboard sound (where you plug in your PC speakers) to that input, and the sound should work over your TV speakers the same way they worked over your PC speakers.

Thanks for the replies...So with that adapter cable though since im hooking it up from my PC to my TV don't I need the RED/White plugs to be Male? or does it need to be a dual end adapter like that picture so i can plug my stereo into one end than another red/white from the computer and then to the TV?

With that adaptor, you can run a normal female/female cable between your TV and that adapter. Then plug that adapter into the headphone jack that your would normally plug your PC speakers into.

All you need is the adapter JofaMang suggests and MALE/MALE cables (Red/White) to connect from the adapter to your TV/Receiver.

Another option would be if your receiver had either type of Digital Input (Coax or Optical S/PDIF).

-Wolf sends

Edit: I'm pretty sure you can disregard any suggestions about running audio through your graphics card. I don't believe the 8800GTS-640 supports audio

that makes sense now oh wow brain fart...so could I just simply use a Mini-Audio plug from my PC to my TV and then just run my stereo/AUX for sound as well right? don't even need an adapter then right?

Thanks for the help guys just want to make sure with my last post above i'm buying the right stuff before I head out to my local radio shack...sorry to be a nuisance but I think once someone can tell me that's correct or not i'll feel comfortable heading out the door lol.

Thanks so much JofaMang for your help! I do have an HDMI cable hooked up to my Playstation 3 so maybe an adapter will be a good choice huh since I have to unplug the PS3 HDMI connection anyways since my other HDMI is the cable box? But does it make the video quality lessen? And No my TV doesn't have DVI input just a VGA and 2 HDMI's.

Thanks for the replies man! really appreciate it...But doesn't VGA lower the resolution I wont be able to run at 1080p. In my TV manual it shows HDMI(1) jack and the RCA audio right below it and it shows a picture of a DVI-HDMI cable and an audio cable connecting to it (the picture is a cable box) but again dont think that matters. It says below it in small text *HDMI-DVI connections requires a seperate audio connection via RCA.

So I think I will be safe running a mini to RCA 2 plug that goes below HDMI(1) ...at least im hoping

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