No sound through monitor

[devonity]

I'm plugging in my monitor through a vga cable and am not able to hear sound I have a ASUS P8Z77-V LGA for the mobo and XFX HD 677X ZNLC Radeon what is a common reason for not being able to hear sound?

 

[Mousemonkey]

A VGA cable does not carry sound.

 

[flank21]

your monitor would also have to built-in speakers