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Doubt in audio controls of my laptop

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/doubt-in-audio-controls-of-my-laptop.179677/

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dmanojkmr Original post #1
Nov 28, 2013 at 5:36 PM
I am using HP dv6 6140 tx
It has 3, 3.5mm jack slot as displayed below.

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My doubt is that can we use those 3 jacks to get an input for my 5.1 speakers.
I assume whether this motherboard supports 5.1 audio channel same like other Desktop PC's which doesn't have separate jacks for 5.1 audio instead they use the line in , line out & mic jacks.
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whitestar_999 #2
Nov 28, 2013 at 6:24 PM
^^unless one of these ports is s/pdif you won't get "true 5.1" & only costly ones(like alienware) have this feature.almost all recent laptops support "fake 5.1" though using some driver interface.check your audio driver setting(control panel--HD audio or something like it) & there should be some dolby surround like feature which enables "fake 5.1".